How to format your references using the Heritage Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Heritage Science. 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. Lidin S. Imaging techniques. Mapping bond orientations with polarized x-rays. Science. 2014;344:969–70.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Hwang KC, Sagadevan A. One-pot room-temperature conversion of cyclohexane to adipic acid by ozone and UV light. Science. 2014;346:1495–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Xiao Y, Wang Y, Felleman DJ. A spatially organized representation of colour in macaque cortical area V2. Nature. 2003;421:535–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Lee K-H, Holdorf AD, Dustin ML, Chan AC, Allen PM, Shaw AS. T cell receptor signaling precedes immunological synapse formation. Science. 2002;295:1539–42.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Rogers EF Jr. Aquinas and the Supreme Court. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

1. Bignami GF. A Scenario for Interstellar Exploration and Its Financing. Sommariva A, editor. Milano: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Sucaet Y, Waelput W. Use Cases. In: Waelput W, editor. Digital Pathology. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 57–69.

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 Heritage Science.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. Can Stem Cell Therapy Really Treat Multiple Sclerosis? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/can-stem-cell-therapy-really-treat-multiple-sclerosis/

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. Transportation Security R&D: TSA and DHS Are Researching and Developing Technologies, but Need to Improve R&D Management. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004 Sep. Report No.: GAO-04-890.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Akers K. The Impact of Work-Family Conflict, Gender, and Family-Friendly Policies on Organizational Attractiveness and Job Pursuit Intentions [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 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. Blecher G. The Diners Fade Away. New York Times. 2016 Nov 24;MB1.

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	Heritage Science
Abbreviation	Herit. Sci.
ISSN (online)	2050-7445
Scope