How to format your references using the International Breastfeeding Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Breastfeeding Journal. 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 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. Ashrafian H. Intelligent robots must uphold human rights. Nature. 2015;519:391.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Sachs MS, Geballe AP. Biochemistry. Sense and sensitivity--controlling the ribosome. Science. 2002;297:1820–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Amari T, Luciani J-F, Aly J-J. Small-scale dynamo magnetism as the driver for heating the solar atmosphere. Nature. 2015;522:188–91.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Majo F, Rochat A, Nicolas M, Jaoudé GA, Barrandon Y. Oligopotent stem cells are distributed throughout the mammalian ocular surface. Nature. 2008;456:250–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Islam MR, Speight JG. Peak Energy: Myth or Reality? Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

1. Ronan KR. Promoting Community Resilience in Disasters: The Role for Schools, Youth, and Families. Johnston DM, editor. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Hamm P. Ultrafast Peptide and Protein Dynamics by Vibrational Spectroscopy. In: Braun M, Gilch P, Zinth W, editors. Ultrashort Laser Pulses in Biology and Medicine. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 77–94.

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 International Breastfeeding Journal.

Blog post

1. Hale T. Watch Two Of Australia’s Most Infamous Snakes Go Head-To-Head In A Battle To The Death. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017.

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. Revision of FCC Rules to Ensure Compatibility with Enhanced 911 Emergency Calling Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996 Aug. Report No.: OGC-96-34.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Lee AM. Examining the socially responsible leadership development outcomes of study abroad experiences for college seniors [Doctoral dissertation]. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, College Park; 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

1. Koblin J, Grynbaum MM. Top Political Journalist Faces Multiple Claims of Harassment. New York Times. 2017 Oct 26;B3.

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	International Breastfeeding Journal
Abbreviation	Int. Breastfeed. J.
ISSN (online)	1746-4358
Scope	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health