How to format your references using the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hepatology. 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

Willerroider M. Scientists and societies. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Nature. 2005;433(7027):782.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hubbard J, Shaw JH. Uplift of the Longmen Shan and Tibetan plateau, and the 2008 Wenchuan (M = 7.9) earthquake. Nature. 2009;458(7235):194-197.

A journal article with 3 authors

Staal M, Meysman FJR, Stal LJ. Temperature excludes N2-fixing heterocystous cyanobacteria in the tropical oceans. Nature. 2003;425(6957):504-507.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kubatko KAH, Helean KB, Navrotsky A, Burns PC. Stability of peroxide-containing uranyl minerals. Science. 2003;302(5648):1191-1193.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Moe TM, Chubb JE. Liberating Learning. Jossey-Bass; 2009.

An edited book

Knudson-Martin C, Wells MA, Samman SK, eds. Socio-Emotional Relationship Therapy: Bridging Emotion, Societal Context, and Couple Interaction. Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Rieber RW, Kelly RJ. The Cult of Celebrity: How Hollywood Conquered Reality. In: Kelly RJ, ed. Film, Television and the Psychology of the Social Dream. Springer; 2014:103-115.

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 Clinical and Experimental Hepatology.

Blog post

Andrew E. We Could Have Lasers More Powerful Than Exploding Stars In Just 5 Years. IFLScience.

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. Title I: Although Definitions of Administrative Expenditures Vary, Almost All Districts Studied Spent Less Than 10 Percent on Administration. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Nguyen C. Supportive Services for Immigrants: A Grant Proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2014.

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

Walsh MW. In Budget Crisis, States Take Aim At Pension Costs. New York Times. June 20, 2010:A1.

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 Clinical and Experimental Hepatology
Abbreviation	J. Clin. Exp. Hepatol.
ISSN (print)	0973-6883
Scope