How to format your references using the International Journal of Nursing Practice citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Nursing Practice. 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

Autor DH. Skills, education, and the rise of earnings inequality among the “other 99 percent.” Science. 2014 May 23;344(6186):843–51.

A journal article with 2 authors

Houweling AR, Brecht M. Behavioural report of single neuron stimulation in somatosensory cortex. Nature. 2008 Jan 3;451(7174):65–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Melton C, Judson RL, Blelloch R. Opposing microRNA families regulate self-renewal in mouse embryonic stem cells. Nature. 2010 Feb 4;463(7281):621–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Murray JD, Karas BJ, Sato S, Tabata S, Amyot L, Szczyglowski K. A cytokinin perception mutant colonized by Rhizobium in the absence of nodule organogenesis. Science. 2007 Jan 5;315(5808):101–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kudnig ST, Séguin B. Veterinary Surgical Oncology. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,.; 2012.

An edited book

Brack W, editor. Effect-Directed Analysis of Complex Environmental Contamination. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. XVIII, 346 p. (The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; vol. 15).

A chapter in an edited book

Kazar BM, Celik M. Comparing Exact and Approximate SAR Model Solutions. In: Celik M, editor. Spatial AutoRegression (SAR) Model: Parameter Estimation Techniques. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2012. p. 35–46. (SpringerBriefs in Computer Science).

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 Nursing Practice.

Blog post

Luntz S. A New Sporting Competition – Which Balls Are Most Affected By The Magnus Effect? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/a-new-sporting-competition-which-balls-are-most-affected-by-the-magnus-effect/

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

Government Accountability Office. Election Reform: Nine States’ Experiences Implementing Federal Requirements for Computerized Statewide Voter Registration Lists. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2006 Feb. Report No.: GAO-06-247.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Munoz S. Mental Health Care for Foreign Born Latinos: A Grant Proposal [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

Kelly M. THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Campaign Memo; Democrat’s Road Tour: Selling the Ticket Retail. New York Times. 1992 Aug 7;A14.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Nursing Practice
Abbreviation	Int. J. Nurs. Pract.
ISSN (print)	1322-7114
ISSN (online)	1440-172X
Scope	General Nursing