How to format your references using the Chinese Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Chinese Medicine. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

1. Parisi G. Brownian motion. Nature. 2005;433:221.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Madix RJ, Friend CM. Interfacial chemistry: gold’s enigmatic surface. Nature. 2011;479:482–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Bonabeau E, Dorigo M, Theraulaz G. Inspiration for optimization from social insect behaviour. Nature. 2000;406:39–42.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Erdman N, Poeppelmeier KR, Asta M, Warschkow O, Ellis DE, Marks LD. The structure and chemistry of the TiO(2)-rich surface of SrTiO(3) (001). Nature. 2002;419:55–8.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

1. Speight JG. Environmental Analysis and Technology for the Refining Industry. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

1. Adams NM, Robardet C, Siebes A, Boulicaut J-F, editors. Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis VIII: 8th International Symposium on Intelligent Data Analysis, IDA 2009, Lyon, France, August 31 - September 2, 2009. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Fukaya J, Ooba Y, Kuriiwa H, Yamada R, Oka M, Mori H. A Study on Selection Ability in the 3D Space by the Finger. In: Yamamoto S, editor. Human Interface and the Management of Information Information and Interaction Design: 15th International Conference, HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013, Proceedings, Part I. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 30–6.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Chinese Medicine.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Scientists Develop Blood-Cleansing Artificial Spleen [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-develop-blood-cleansing-artificial-spleen/

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

1. Government Accountability Office. Federal Student Aid: Additional Management Improvements Would Clarify Strategic Direction and Enhance Accountability. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002 Apr. Report No.: GAO-02-255.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

1. Naik M. Automating the process of antibiotic susceptibility testing [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2017.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

1. Pilon M. Fighter Who Faked Death Is Sent to Prison for Robbery. New York Times. 2013 Nov 26;B14.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Chinese Medicine
Abbreviation	Chin. Med.
ISSN (online)	1749-8546
Scope	Complementary and alternative medicine Pharmacology