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. Skipper M. Evolution: Finches sequenced. Nature. 2015;518:308.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Barkman T, Zhang J. Evidence for escape from adaptive conflict? Nature. 2009;462:E1; discussion E2-3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gancarz-Kausch AM, Adank DN, Dietz DM. Prolonged withdrawal following cocaine self-administration increases resistance to punishment in a cocaine binge. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6876.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Stanfield RL, Dooley H, Flajnik MF, Wilson IA. Crystal structure of a shark single-domain antibody V region in complex with lysozyme. Science. 2004;305:1770–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Heiberger RM. Computation for the Analysis of Designed Experiments. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2015.

An edited book

1. De Paolis LT, Mongelli A, editors. Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality, and Computer Graphics: Third International Conference, AVR 2016, Lecce, Italy, June 15-18, 2016. Proceedings, Part II. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Traverso S, Cerutti V, Stock K, Jackson M. EDIT: A Methodology for the Treatment of Non-authoritative Data in the Reconstruction of Disaster Scenarios. In: Hanachi C, Bénaben F, Charoy F, editors. Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management in Mediterranean Countries: First International Conference, ISCRAM-med 2014, Toulouse, France, October 15-17, 2014 Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 32–45.

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. Luntz S. Italy’s Volcanic Rocks Like Reinforced Roman Concrete [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/italys-volcanic-rocks-reinforced-roman-concrete/

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. Higher Education: Ensuring Quality Education From Proprietary Institutions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996 Jun. Report No.: T-HEHS-96-158.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Dinh W. Elderly Vietnamese’ perceptions of the effects of Adult Day Health Care services on their mental and physical well-being [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2009.

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. Winerip M, Schwirtz M. Even as Many Eyes Watch, Brutality at Rikers Persists. New York Times. 2015 Feb 22;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	Human Resources for Health
Abbreviation	Hum. Resour. Health
ISSN (online)	1478-4491
Scope	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Public Administration

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