How to format your references using the Journal of Hainan Medical University citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Hainan Medical University (JHMU). 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

[1]

Izaurralde E. GENE REGULATION. Breakers and blockers—miRNAs at work. Science 2015;349(6246):380–382.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Jain RK, Padera TP. Development. Lymphatics make the break. Science 2003;299(5604):209–210.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Yozwiak NL, Schaffner SF, Sabeti PC. Data sharing: Make outbreak research open access. Nature 2015;518(7540):477–479.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Vanlandewijck M, He L, Mäe MA, Andrae J, Ando K, Del Gaudio F, et al. A molecular atlas of cell types and zonation in the brain vasculature. Nature 2018;554(7693):475–480.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Brendel R. Thin-Film Crystalline Silicon Solar Cells. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: Weinheim, FRG, 2005.

An edited book

[1]

Mazzone L, Vitiello B (eds.). Psychiatric Symptoms and Comorbidities in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Talaulicar T. Corporate Codes of Ethics: Can Punishments Enhance Their Effectiveness? In: Brink A, editor. Corporate Governance and Business Ethics. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2011: 89–106.

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 Hainan Medical University.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. New Species Of Peacock Spider Described. IFLScience. 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/new-species-peacock-spider-described/ (accessed 30 Oct 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Administration for Children, Youth, and Families: Need To Better Use Its Research Results and Clarify Its Role. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1978.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Cannon CA. Comparison of language arts scores between computerized and teacher differentiation of instruction. 2017.

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

[1]

Sisario B. Roll Over, Beyoncé: Chuck Berry’s Surprise. New York Times. 2016;:C4.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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 Hainan Medical University
ISSN (print)	1007-1237
Scope

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