How to format your references using the International Journal of Public Health citation style

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

Perkins K (2014) For the love of ferns. Science 346:1586

A journal article with 2 authors

Chiu C, Weliky M (2003) Neuroscience. Synaptic modification by vision. Science 300:1890–1891

A journal article with 3 authors

Falenty A, Hansen TC, Kuhs WF (2014) Formation and properties of ice XVI obtained by emptying a type sII clathrate hydrate. Nature 516:231–233

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Kovalchuk I, Kovalchuk O, Kalck V, et al (2003) Pathogen-induced systemic plant signal triggers DNA rearrangements. Nature 423:760–762

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kaufman JJ, Woodhead R (2006) Stimulating Innovation in Products and Services. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Brezzi F, Colli Franzone P, Gianazza U, Gilardi G (eds) (2013) Analysis and Numerics of Partial Differential Equations. Springer, Milano

A chapter in an edited book

Apsel A, Wang X, Dokania R (2014) Traditional Synchronization in Radio Systems. In: Wang X, Dokania R (eds) Design of Ultra-Low Power Impulse Radios. Springer, New York, NY, pp 71–75

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 Public Health.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J (2015) Astronomers Detects Wind Speeds Of 5,400mph On Distant Exoplanet. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/first-exoplanet-weather-map-finds-wind-speeds-5400mph/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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 (1997) School Finance: State Efforts to Reduce Funding Gaps Between Poor and Wealthy Districts. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Miller RJ (2012) An Investigation Examining the Perceived Implications of Principal Leadership Changing A Large Comprehensive High School into Smaller Learning Communities. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University

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

Johnson M (2013) A Brief Resurrection. New York Times MM50

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Perkins 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Chiu and Weliky 2003; Perkins 2014).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Chiu and Weliky 2003)
Three or more authors: (Kovalchuk et al. 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Journal of Public Health
Abbreviation	Int. J. Public Health
ISSN (print)	1661-8556
ISSN (online)	1661-8564
Scope	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Health(social science)