How to format your references using the Global Heart citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Global Heart. 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]

Huang KG. Intellectual property. China’s innovation landscape. Science 2010;329:632–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Brosnan SF, De Waal FBM. Monkeys reject unequal pay. Nature 2003;425:297–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Nicoll RA, Tomita S, Bredt DS. Auxiliary subunits assist AMPA-type glutamate receptors. Science 2006;311:1253–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Croft MT, Lawrence AD, Raux-Deery E, Warren MJ, Smith AG. Algae acquire vitamin B12 through a symbiotic relationship with bacteria. Nature 2005;438:90–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Center for Chemical Process Safety. Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2003.

An edited book

[1]

Song I-Y, Eder J, Nguyen TM, editors. Data Warehousing and Knowledge Discovery: 10th International Conference, DaWaK 2008 Turin, Italy, September 2-5, 2008 Proceedings. vol. 5182. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Arnold W, Darrouzet V, Martin C, Sterkers O, Iurato S. Middle Ear/Inner Ear. In: Anniko M, Bernal-Sprekelsen M, Bonkowsky V, Bradley PJ, Iurato S, editors. Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010, p. 81–103.

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 Global Heart.

Blog post

[1]

Hale T. Zoo Diets Are Making Monkey Gut Bacteria More Human-Like. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/zoo-diets-are-making-monkey-gut-bacteria-more-humanlike/ (accessed October 30, 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. Health Information Technology: Early Efforts Initiated but Comprehensive Privacy Approach Needed for National Strategy. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Boyer GC. Best Practices for Student Success on the ACT. Doctoral dissertation. Lindenwood University, 2012.

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. Court Opens Campaign Law to Challenges. New York Times 2006:A16.

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	Global Heart
Abbreviation	Glob. Heart
ISSN (print)	2211-8160
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Epidemiology Community and Home Care