How to format your references using the Integrative and Complementary Therapies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Integrative and Complementary Therapies (ICT). 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Ward MD. Materials science. Molecular fuel tanks. Science 2003;300(5622):1104–1105.

A journal article with 2 authors

Gamerdinger M, Deuerling E. Biochemistry. Trigger factor flexibility. Science 2014;344(6184):590–591.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kay JN, Chu MW, Sanes JR. MEGF10 and MEGF11 mediate homotypic interactions required for mosaic spacing of retinal neurons. Nature 2012;483(7390):465–469.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Galy V, France-Lanord C, Beyssac O, et al. Efficient organic carbon burial in the Bengal fan sustained by the Himalayan erosional system. Nature 2007;450(7168):407–410.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Deschamps J-P, Bioul GJA, Sutter GD. Synthesis of Arithmetic Circuits. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ; 2005.

An edited book

Karge HG, Weitkamp J, (eds). Characterization II. Molecular Sieves. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

D’Onofrio M, Barbi E, De Robertis R, et al. Intraoperative Ultrasonography of the Pancreas. In: Ultrasonography of the Pancreas: Imaging and Pathologic Correlations. (D’Onofrio M. ed) Springer: Milano; 2012; pp. 55–61.

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 Integrative and Complementary Therapies.

Blog post

Hamilton K. How Fish And Clean Water Can Protect Coral Reefs From Warming Oceans. IFLScience; 2016. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-fish-and-clean-water-can-protect-coral-reefs-from-warming-oceans/ [Last accessed: 10/30/2018].

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

Government Accountability Office. Air Quality Planning Processes at Selected Airports. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Filomena TP. Technology Portfolio and Capacity Expansion under Uncertainty. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University: Washington, DC; 2010.

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

Saslow L. At Museum Shops, Unusual Selections. New York Times 2005;14LI12.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Integrative and Complementary Therapies
ISSN (print)	2768-3192
ISSN (online)	2768-3206
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