How to format your references using the International Journal of Behavioral Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 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. Claussen M. Astronomy. Astronomical masers. Science. 2004;306:235–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Sundaram JK, von Arnim R. Economics. Trade liberalization and economic development. Science. 2009;323:211–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Jeon S-M, Chandel NS, Hay N. AMPK regulates NADPH homeostasis to promote tumour cell survival during energy stress. Nature. 2012;485:661–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Grakoui A, Shoukry NH, Woollard DJ, Han J-H, Hanson HL, Ghrayeb J, et al. HCV persistence and immune evasion in the absence of memory T cell help. Science. 2003;302:659–62.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Lindahl D. Emerging Real Estate Markets. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.

An edited book

1. Ahmad MS. Postharvest Quality Assurance of Fruits: Practical Approaches for Developing Countries. 1st ed. 2015. Siddiqui MW, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Barrot N, Gourvès L, Lang J, Monnot J, Ries B. Possible Winners in Approval Voting. In: Perny P, Pirlot M, Tsoukiàs A, editors. Algorithmic Decision Theory: Third International Conference, ADT 2013, Bruxelles, Belgium, November 12-14, 2013, Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 57–70.

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 of Behavioral Medicine.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Scientists Name Top 100 Unusual And Endangered Birds [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/scientists-name-top-100-unusual-and-endangered-birds/

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. Managing Technology: Best Practices Can Improve Performance and Produce Results. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997 Jan. Report No.: T-AIMD-97-38.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bui L. Mind Over Matter Telepsychiatry [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: 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

1. Belson K, Eligon J, Medina J. Warm Welcome for Guests, and No Questions Asked About Their Bags. New York Times. 2017 Oct 4;A14.

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 of Behavioral Medicine
Abbreviation	Int. J. Behav. Med.
ISSN (print)	1070-5503
ISSN (online)	1532-7558
Scope	Applied Psychology