How to format your references using the JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging (JCMG). 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

Russo E. Biodefence research. Nature 2002;416(6882):4–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Dimond A., Fraser P. Molecular biology. Long noncoding RNAs Xist in three dimensions. Science 2013;341(6147):720–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

Zhu G-Z., Radtke G., Botton GA. Bonding and structure of a reconstructed (001) surface of SrTiO3 from TEM. Nature 2012;490(7420):384–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Sun T., Patoine C., Abu-Khalil A., et al. Early asymmetry of gene transcription in embryonic human left and right cerebral cortex. Science 2005;308(5729):1794–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Estopinal SV., Lathrop W. Professional Surveyors and Real Property Descriptions. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Lansiquot RD. Interdisciplinary Pedagogy for STEM: A Collaborative Case Study. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Cursiefen C., Bock F. Antiangiogenic Treatment Options in the Cornea. In: Reinhard T, and Larkin F, editors. Corneal Disease: Recent Developments in Diagnosis and Therapy. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 71–90.

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 JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging.

Blog post

Hale T. Bushbaby-Inspired Robot Can Do Parkour Flips Off Vertical Walls. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/bushbabyinspired-robot-can-do-parkour-flips-off-vertical-walls/. Accessed October 30, 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. National Transportation Safety Board’s Implementation of GAO Recommendations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kress DM. A phenomenological study exploring executive coaching: Understanding perceptions of self-awareness and leadership behavior changes. Doctoral dissertation, University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 2008.

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

Stewart JB. Trump-Size Idea for a New President: Build Stuff. New York Times 2016:A1.

In-text citations

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

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	JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Abbreviation	JACC Cardiovasc. Imaging
ISSN (print)	1936-878X
ISSN (online)	1876-7591
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging