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

Palmer T. Modelling: Build imprecise supercomputers. Nature 2015;526(7571):32–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Metaxas PT., Mustafaraj E. Science and society. Social media and the elections. Science 2012;338(6106):472–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

Fortin NJ., Wright SP., Eichenbaum H. Recollection-like memory retrieval in rats is dependent on the hippocampus. Nature 2004;431(7005):188–91.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Tran H., Brunet A., Grenier JM., et al. DNA repair pathway stimulated by the forkhead transcription factor FOXO3a through the Gadd45 protein. Science 2002;296(5567):530–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cardon A., Itmi M. New Autonomous Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

Hershberg E., LeoGrande WM. A New Chapter in US-Cuba Relations: Social, Political, and Economic Implications. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Yu H., Wang Y. Nonvolatile Memory Computing System. In: Wang Y, editor. Design Exploration of Emerging Nano-scale Non-volatile Memory. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. p. 131–80.

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

Taub B. Scientists May Have Observed Memories Being Assembled In The Brain. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/scientists-may-have-observed-memories-being-assembled-brain/. 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. Freight Transportation: National Policy and Strategies Can Help Improve Freight Mobility. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ekstrom JE. Factors influencing retention in a residential treatment program. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2009.

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

Ivory D., Ruiz RR. G.M. Resists Expanding Victims’ Fund. New York Times 2014:B1.

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

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