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. Shimono M. Non-uniformity of cell density and networks in the monkey brain. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2541.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Friedman N, Schuldiner M. Genetics. The DNA damage road map. Science. 2010;330:1327–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Mongillo G, Barak O, Tsodyks M. Synaptic theory of working memory. Science. 2008;319:1543–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Zhang B, Zhang Y, Wang Z, Wang D, Baker PJ, Pratt FL, et al. Candidate quantum spin liquid due to dimensional reduction of a two-dimensional honeycomb lattice. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6451.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Hewitt A. Construction Claims & Responses. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

1. Calderwood SK, editor. Cell Stress Proteins. New York, NY: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Otto C, Holz M, Barth G. Production of Organic Acids by Yarrowia lipolytica. In: Barth G, editor. Yarrowia lipolytica: Biotechnological Applications. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 137–49.

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. Taub B. Humans May Have Already Reached Their Maximum Lifespan [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/humans-may-already-reached-maximum-lifespan/

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. DOD Business Transformation: Improved Management Oversight of Business System Modernization Efforts Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2010 Oct. Report No.: GAO-11-53.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Breska J. Mentoring for juvenile gang members and at-risk youth: A grant proposal project [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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. Rohan T. War Zone at Mile 26: ‘So Many People Without Legs.’ New York Times. 2013 Apr 16;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	International Breastfeeding Journal
Abbreviation	Int. Breastfeed. J.
ISSN (online)	1746-4358
Scope	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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