How to format your references using the International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy citation style

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

Baylis F. Pregnant women deserve better. Nature. 2010;465(7299):689-690.

A journal article with 2 authors

Petro JB, Relman DA. Public health. Understanding threats to scientific openness. Science. 2003;302(5652):1898.

A journal article with 3 authors

Schön JH, Meng H, Bao Z. Field-effect modulation of the conductance of single molecules. Science. 2001;294(5549):2138-2140.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Matsumoto A, Comatas KE, Liu L, Stamler JS. Screening for nitric oxide-dependent protein-protein interactions. Science. 2003;301(5633):657-661.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Wang ZG. Internal Combustion Processes of Liquid Rocket Engines. John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

Bader M. CASE AND LINKING IN LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION: Evidence from German. Vol 34. (Bayer J, ed.). Springer Netherlands; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

Tamin MN, Shaffiar NM. Application I: Solder Joint Reflow Process. In: Shaffiar NM, ed. Solder Joint Reliability Assessment: Finite Element Simulation Methodology. Advanced Structured Materials. Springer International Publishing; 2014:75-85.

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 the Cardiovascular Academy.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. Watching A Fire Burn In Space Is Pretty Cool. IFLScience. Published June 20, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/space/watching-a-fire-burn-in-space-is-pretty-cool/

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. Aging Aircraft Maintenance: Additional FAA Oversight Needed. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

So RJ. Coolie Democracy: U.S.-China Political and Literary Exchange, 1925-1955. Doctoral dissertation. Columbia 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

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Ukraine: Air-Show Officials Face Trial. New York Times. September 5, 2002:A6.

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 the Cardiovascular Academy
ISSN (print)	2405-8181
Scope

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