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. Check E. Fresh analyses put rice genomics on the map. Nature. 2002;420:259.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Murakami M, Kouyama T. Crystal structure of squid rhodopsin. Nature. 2008;453:363–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ferain I, Colinge CA, Colinge J-P. Multigate transistors as the future of classical metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors. Nature. 2011;479:310–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Ek M, Engblom D, Saha S, Blomqvist A, Jakobsson PJ, Ericsson-Dahlstrand A. Inflammatory response: pathway across the blood-brain barrier. Nature. 2001;410:430–1.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

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

An edited book

1. Oja SS, Saransaari P, editors. Taurine 6. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Cheikhrouhou L, Rock G, Stephan W, Schwan M, Lassmann G. Verifying a Chipcard-Based Biometric Identification Protocol in VSE. In: Górski J, editor. Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: 25th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2006, Gdansk, Poland, September 27-29, 2006 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006. p. 42–56.

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. Hale T. Drone Captures Beautiful Footage Of Gray Whales Swimming With Dolphins [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/beautiful-drone-footage-gray-whales-swimming-dolphins/

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. Financial Management: Briefing on the Federal Aviation Administration’s Inventory Accountability. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 Mar. Report No.: AIMD-99-98R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Lummus S. Perceptions of required leadership behaviors for nurse leaders as measured by the Leadership Practices Inventory [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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. Crow K. What Rhymes With Asbestos? An Urban Musical in Three Acts. New York Times. 2000 Dec 10;148.

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