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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Gastroenterology and 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

Weinstein JN. Biochemistry. A postgenomic visual icon. Science. 2008 Mar 28;319(5871):1772–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Benoist C, Hacohen N. Immunology. Flow cytometry, amped up. Science. 2011 May 6;332(6030):677–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Newell RG, Pizer WA, Raimi D. Environmental economics. Carbon market lessons and global policy outlook. Science. 2014 Mar 21;343(6177):1316–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Miller AD, Bezel I, Gaffney KJ, Garrett-Roe S, Liu SH, Szymanski P, et al. Electron solvation in two dimensions. Science. 2002 Aug 16;297(5584):1163–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Murphy DB, Davidson MW. Fundamentals of Light Microscopy and Electronic Imaging. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

Marani E. The Subthalamic Nucleus Part I: Development, Cytology, Topography and Connections. Heida T, Lakke EAJF, Usunoff KG, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. XIV, 117 p. (Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology; vol. 198).

A chapter in an edited book

Bassiony M. Head and Neck Anatomy. In: Radosevich JA, editor. Head & Neck Cancer: Current Perspectives, Advances, and Challenges. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013. p. 87–129.

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 Gastroenterology and Hepatology.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. Parts Of The Persian Gulf Could Be Unsafe For Humans By 2100 Due To Climate Change [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/parts-persian-gulf-could-be-unsafe-humans-2100-due-climate-change/

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. Computer-Based Patient Records: VA and DOD Efforts to Exchange Health Data Could Benefit from Improved Planning and Project Management. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004 Jun. Report No.: GAO-04-687.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Conway AH. Signs and symptoms of moral injury in female vietnam veterans: A qualitative examination of the nvvrs [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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

Grynbaum MM. White House Is Fighting A Familiar Foe: The Press. New York Times. 2017 May 17;A14.

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 Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Abbreviation	J. Gastroenterol. Hepatol.
ISSN (print)	0815-9319
ISSN (online)	1440-1746
Scope	Gastroenterology Hepatology