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

Nakano A. Cell biology: Polarized transport in the Golgi apparatus. Nature. 2015;521(7553):427-428.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kelley KA, Cottrell E. Water and the oxidation state of subduction zone magmas. Science. 2009;325(5940):605-607.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gruber N, Keeling CD, Bates NR. Interannual variability in the North Atlantic Ocean carbon sink. Science. 2002;298(5602):2374-2378.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Struzhkin VV, Eremets MI, Gan W, Mao HK, Hemley RJ. Superconductivity in dense lithium. Science. 2002;298(5596):1213-1215.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Grant G. Ecosystem Services Come to Town. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

Wignaraja G, ed. Production Networks and Enterprises in East Asia: Industry and Firm-Level Analysis. 1st ed. 2016. Springer Japan; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Piper AJ, Hollier CA. Nocturnal Noninvasive Ventilation in Obesity Hypoventilation Syndrome. In: Basner RC, Parthasarathy S, eds. Nocturnal Non-Invasive Ventilation: Theory, Evidence, and Clinical Practice. Springer US; 2015:83-111.

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

Luntz S. Tiny Marine Creatures Reveal The Environmental Limits To Diversity. 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. Data Center Consolidation: Strengthened Oversight Needed to Achieve Cost Savings Goal. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2013.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

George KG. Revisiting “The Blue Line Blues”: Transit-Oriented Development in Inner-City Areas of Los Angeles County, 2000-2016. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 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

Marx L. A Nascar Driver Finds His ‘Shooting Star.’ New York Times. January 26, 2017:ST9.

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