How to format your references using the Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies. 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]

Taubes G. Treat obesity as physiology, not physics. Nature. 2012;492(7428):155.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Hager R, Johnstone RA. The genetic basis of family conflict resolution in mice. Nature. 2003;421(6922):533–535.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Neil SJD, Zang T, Bieniasz PD. Tetherin inhibits retrovirus release and is antagonized by HIV-1 Vpu. Nature. 2008;451(7177):425–430.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Yen W-C, Chen Y-Z, Yeh C-H, et al. Direct growth of self-crystallized graphene and graphite nanoballs with Ni vapor-assisted growth: from controllable growth to material characterization. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4739.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Silk RD, Lintott JW. Managing Foundations and Charitable Trusts. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Flegel U, Bruschi D, editors. Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment: 6th International Conference, DIMVA 2009, Como, Italy, July 9-10, 2009. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Vijayaraghavan SB. Abdominal Hernias, Volvulus and Intussusception. In: Maconi G, Porro GB, editors. Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007. p. 35–54.

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 Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies.

Blog post

[1]

Andrews R. American Farmers May Be Directly Feeding Cows Skittles In Odd Conspiracy [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/american-farmers-directly-feeding-cows-skittles-odd-conspiracy/.

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. Accounting System for Research and Development, Army Natick Laboratories. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1972. Report No.: 092853. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Davis M. Opprobrious Identities: The Enslaving Effect of Black Respectability on Queer Black Men [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 2015.

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]

Kenigsberg B. Film Series. New York Times. 2017 Oct 12;C24.

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	Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies
Abbreviation	Isotopes Environ. Health Stud.
ISSN (print)	1025-6016
ISSN (online)	1477-2639
Scope	Inorganic Chemistry General Environmental Science Environmental Chemistry