How to format your references using the Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research citation style

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

Clayton J. Going into production. Nature. 2003;426(6967):727.

A journal article with 2 authors

Gray RA, Wikswo JP. Cardiovascular disease: several small shocks beat one big one. Nature. 2011;475(7355):181-182.

A journal article with 3 authors

Schmith T, Johansen S, Thejll P. Comment on “A semi-empirical approach to projecting future sea-level rise.” Science. 2007;317(5846):1866; author reply 1866.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Hoffmann AA, Montgomery BL, Popovici J, et al. Successful establishment of Wolbachia in Aedes populations to suppress dengue transmission. Nature. 2011;476(7361):454-457.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Jones P, Burger J. Configuring SAP® ERP Financials and Controlling. Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

Zhou Z, Wang Z, Lin L, eds. Microsystems and Nanotechnology. Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Gore RM, Silvers R. Infectious, Inflammatory, and Ischemic Diseases of the Colon and Rectum. In: Hodler J, Schulthess GK von, Kubik-Huch RA, Zollikofer CL, eds. Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis 2014–2017: Diagnostic Imaging and Interventional Techniques. Springer; 2014:38-46.

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 Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. It’s Not Just Hype – 3D Printing Is The Bridge To The Future. IFLScience. June 19, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/it-s-not-just-hype-3d-printing-bridge-future/

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. More Can Be Done To Improve the Department of Agriculture’s Commodity Donation Program. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1981.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Tofthagen CS. Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Assessment Tool. Doctoral dissertation. University of South Florida; 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

Vecsey G. Stars as Teammates: Not a New Concept. New York Times. July 10, 2010:D2.

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	Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research
Abbreviation	J. Cardiovasc. Dis. Res.
ISSN (print)	0975-3583
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine