How to format your references using the Globalization and Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Globalization and Health. 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. Smaglik P. Boston: a magnetic hub. Nature. 2002;417:4–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Venters BJ, Pugh BF. Genomic organization of human transcription initiation complexes. Nature. 2013;502:53–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Saika-Voivod I, Poole PH, Sciortino F. Fragile-to-strong transition and polyamorphism in the energy landscape of liquid silica. Nature. 2001;412:514–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kovac JM, Leitch EM, Pryke C, Carlstrom JE, Halverson NW, Holzapfel WL. Detection of polarization in the cosmic microwave background using DASI. Degree Angular Scale Interferometer. Nature. 2002;420:772–87.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Ho RJY, Gibaldi M. Biotechnology and Biopharmaceuticals. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2003.

An edited book

1. Peshin R, Pimentel D, editors. Integrated Pest Management: Experiences with Implementation, Global Overview, Vol.4. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Singer E, Druml C. Ethics in Clinical Research. In: Müller M, editor. Clinical Pharmacology: Current Topics and Case Studies. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 51–60.

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 Globalization and Health.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Spy-Cam Rhinos To Take On Poachers With Devices Hidden In Their Horns [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/spy-cam-rhinos-take-poachers-devices-hidden-their-horns/

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. Space Shuttle Facility Program: More Definitive Cost Information Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1977 May. Report No.: PSAD-77-17.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Blumenfeld DB. Policy Making and the U.S. Response to Global HIV/AIDS [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 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. Kelly RW. Handcuffing the Police. New York Times. 1996 Feb 1;A21.

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	Globalization and Health
Abbreviation	Global. Health
ISSN (online)	1744-8603
Scope	Health Policy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health

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