How to format your references using the International Journal for Equity in Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal for Equity in Health. 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

1. Derry LA. Atmospheric science. Fungi, weathering, and the emergence of animals. Science. 2006;311:1386–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Guessoum N, Osama A. Institutions: Revive universities of the Muslim world. Nature. 2015;526:634–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Abundo C, Monterola C, Legara EF. Criticality of forcing directions on the fragmentation and resilience of grid networks. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6195.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Ricci A, Poccia N, Campi G, Coneri F, Caporale AS, Innocenti D, et al. Multiscale distribution of oxygen puddles in 1/8 doped YBa2Cu3O6.67. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2383.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Holt J. The Ultimate Daily Show and Philosophy. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons; 2013.

An edited book

1. Elsenbroich C, Anzola D, Gilbert N, editors. Social Dimensions of Organised Crime: Modelling the Dynamics of Extortion Rackets. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Beigi PKM, Maverakis E. Clinical Symptoms. In: Maverakis E, editor. Acrodermatitis Enteropathica: A Clinician’s Guide. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 39–41.

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 Journal for Equity in Health.

Blog post

1. Hamilton K. The Cities Of The Future Could Be Built By Microbes [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-cities-of-the-future-could-be-built-by-microbes/

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. Air Force Stock Fund: Hydrazine Sales Consistent with the Commercial Space Launch Act. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991 May. Report No.: NSIAD-91-196.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Parajuli B. Students’ Motivations towards Volunteerism: A Comparative Study of the United States and Nepal [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2014.

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. Goldberg S. The town where mercury still rises. New York Times. 2017 Apr 19;0.

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 Journal for Equity in Health
Abbreviation	Int. J. Equity Health
ISSN (online)	1475-9276
Scope	Health Policy Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health