How to format your references using the Integrative Medicine Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Integrative Medicine Research. 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

Whyard S. Plant science. Insecticidal RNA, the long and short of it. Science. 2015;347(6225):950-951.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kessler MA, Werner BT. Self-organization of sorted patterned ground. Science. 2003;299(5605):380-383.

A journal article with 3 authors

Khor B, Gardet A, Xavier RJ. Genetics and pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Nature. 2011;474(7351):307-317.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Tran H, Brunet A, Grenier JM, et al. DNA repair pathway stimulated by the forkhead transcription factor FOXO3a through the Gadd45 protein. Science. 2002;296(5567):530-534.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Mihajlovic-Madzarevic V. Clinical Trials Audit Preparation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

Mele F, Ramella G, Santillo S, Ventriglia F, eds. Advances in Brain, Vision, and Artificial Intelligence: Second International Symposium, BVAI 2007, Naples, Italy, October 10-12, 2007. Proceedings. Vol 4729. Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

Cervantes L, Castillo O. Conclusions. In: Castillo O, ed. Hierarchical Type-2 Fuzzy Aggregation of Fuzzy Controllers. SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology. Springer International Publishing; 2016:61-62.

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 Medicine Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. Existing Drug Rejuvenates Brains Of Elderly Rats. IFLScience.

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. Highway Safety: Monitoring Practices To Show Compliance With Speed Limits Should Be Reexamined. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1988.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

De la Pena Wing T. Remembering Malintzin’s Dream: A Bridge between Two Cultures through Language and Love. Doctoral dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute; 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

Otis J. Positive Outlook in the Face of Cancer and Grief. New York Times. December 5, 2016:A22.

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 Medicine Research
Abbreviation	Integr. Med. Res.
ISSN (print)	2213-4220
Scope