How to format your references using the Human Resources for Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Human Resources for 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	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. Smith M. Time to turn off the lights. Nature. 2009;457:27.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Schuchmann K, Müller V. Direct and reversible hydrogenation of CO2 to formate by a bacterial carbon dioxide reductase. Science. 2013;342:1382–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Venkatesan M, Fitzgerald CB, Coey JMD. Thin films: unexpected magnetism in a dielectric oxide. Nature. 2004;430:630.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Galbraith ED, Jaccard SL, Pedersen TF, Sigman DM, Haug GH, Cook M, et al. Carbon dioxide release from the North Pacific abyss during the last deglaciation. Nature. 2007;449:890–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Deichmann U. Flüchten, Mitmachen, Vergessen. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.

An edited book

1. Golland P, Hata N, Barillot C, Hornegger J, Howe R, editors. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2014: 17th International Conference, Boston, MA, USA, September 14-18, 2014, Proceedings, Part II. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Li M. Information Distance and Applications. In: Harju T, Karhumäki J, Lepistö A, editors. Developments in Language Theory: 11th International Conference, DLT 2007, Turku, Finland, July 3-6, 2007 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007. p. 28–28.

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 Human Resources for Health.

Blog post

1. Evans K. Boaty McBoatface Submarine Set To Attempt Epic Arctic Trip [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/boaty-mcboatface-submarine-set-to-attempt-epic-arctic-trip/

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. Motor Carrier Safety: New Applicant Reviews Should Expand to Identify Freight Carriers Evading Detection. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Mar. Report No.: GAO-12-364.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Day KC. CPA Perceptions of Human Skills for Professional Competency Development Needs [Doctoral dissertation]. [Scottsdale, AZ]: Northcentral 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. Hodara S. Escaping the Past, or Embracing It Before It Fades. New York Times. 2015 Apr 12;WE9.

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	Human Resources for Health
Abbreviation	Hum. Resour. Health
ISSN (online)	1478-4491
Scope	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Public Administration