How to format your references using the Comparative Hepatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Comparative Hepatology. 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	Download the output style file
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. Baker J. Cassini at Enceladus. Tiger, tiger, burning bright. Science. 2006;311:1388.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Arndt M, Brand C. QUANTUM MECHANICS. Interference of atomic clocks. Science. 2015;349:1168–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Huang S, Lee C-TA, Yin Q-Z. Missing lead and high ³He/⁴He in ancient sulfides associated with continental crust formation. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5314.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kang D, Dai J, Sun H, Hou Y, Yuan J. Quantum simulation of thermally-driven phase transition and oxygen K-edge x-ray absorption of high-pressure ice. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3272.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Yevick D, Yevick H. Fundamental Math and Physics for Scientists and Engineers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2014.

An edited book

1. Hand MS. Economics of Wildfire Management: The Development and Application of Suppression Expenditure Models. New York, NY: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Frey S, Grammig J. Liquidity supply and adverse selection in a pure limit order book market. In: Bauwens L, Pohlmeier W, Veredas D, editors. High Frequency Financial Econometrics: Recent Developments. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag HD; 2008. p. 83–109.

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 Comparative Hepatology.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. People Hadn’t Set Foot In This Ancient “Lost City” In The Honduran Jungle For 500 Years — Until Now. IFLScience. 2017. Accessed 30 Oct 2018.

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. VA Information Technology: Progress Made, but Continued Management Attention Is Key to Achieving Results. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Felix RC. Strengthening relationships for siblings in foster families: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2015.

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. Greenhouse L. FREELANCERS WIN IN COPYRIGHT CASE. New York Times. 2001;:A1.

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	Comparative Hepatology
ISSN (print)	1476-5926
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