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]

Morlon H. Microbiology. Microbial cooperative warfare. Science. 2012;337:1184–1185.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Murphy JJ, Melchiorre P. Organic chemistry: Light opens pathways for nickel catalysis. Nature. 2015;524:297–298.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Liu Z, Gandhi CS, Rees DC. Structure of a tetrameric MscL in an expanded intermediate state. Nature. 2009;461:120–124.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Caro G, Bourdon B, Wood BJ, et al. Trace-element fractionation in Hadean mantle generated by melt segregation from a magma ocean. Nature. 2005;436:246–249.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Pohanish RP, Greene SA. Wiley Guide to Chemical Incompatibilities. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

[1]

Linsky JL, Izmodenov VV, Möbius E, et al., editors. From the Outer Heliosphere to the Local Bubble: Comparisons of New Observations with Theory. New York, NY: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Friberg T, Labriola L. Wide-Field Imaging and Angiography. In: Holz FG, Spaide R, editors. Medical Retina: Focus on Retinal Imaging. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010. p. 27–40.

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]

Andrew E. Differences Between Men And Women Are More Than The Sum Of Their Genes. 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. Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor Funding Needs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995. Report No.: RCED-95-152R. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Weitkunat S. Facies and Log Analysis of the Tuscaloosa Marine Shale [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 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]

Saslow L. Two Students Honored for Scientific Projects. New York Times. 2005 Dec 11;14LI8.

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