How to format your references using the International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 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. Chandler D. Interfaces and the driving force of hydrophobic assembly. Nature. 2005;437:640–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Flatt T, Promislow DEL. Physiology. Still pondering an age-old question. Science. 2007;318:1255–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ford EB, Seager S, Turner EL. Characterization of extrasolar terrestrial planets from diurnal photometric variability. Nature. 2001;412:885–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Lu J-R, Bassel-Duby R, Hawkins A, Chang P, Valdez R, Wu H, et al. Control of facial muscle development by MyoR and capsulin. Science. 2002;298:2378–81.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Nemethy L. Business Exit Planning. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

1. Zhang D-P, editor. Abscisic Acid: Metabolism, Transport and Signaling. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Marescaux J, Mutter D. The World Virtual University and the Internet: http://www.websurg.com. In: Satava RM, Gaspari A, Lorenzo ND, editors. Emerging Technologies in Surgery. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007. p. 19–25.

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 Nutrition and Physical Activity.

Blog post

1. Fang J. How Earthworms Digest Dead Leaves Despite the Plant Toxins. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. Asbestos in Schools: A Dilemma. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1982 Aug. Report No.: CED-82-114.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Calderwood A. Improving the singer’s understanding of bebop language: Transcription application [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Walsh MW. The Little State With a Big Mess. New York Times. 2011 Oct 23;BU1.

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 Nutrition and Physical Activity
Abbreviation	Int. J. Behav. Nutr. Phys. Act.
ISSN (online)	1479-5868
Scope	Medicine (miscellaneous) Nutrition and Dietetics Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation