How to format your references using the Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition. 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. Onnela J-PJP. Physics. Flow of control in networks. Science. 2014;343:1325–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Ellwood MDF, Foster WA. Doubling the estimate of invertebrate biomass in a rainforest canopy. Nature. 2004;429:549–51.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Bates ME, Simmons JA, Zorikov TV. Bats use echo harmonic structure to distinguish their targets from background clutter. Science. 2011;333:627–30.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Fontanari Krause LM, Japp AS, Krause A, Mooster J, Chopra M, Müschen M, et al. Identification and characterization of OSTL (RNF217) encoding a RING-IBR-RING protein adjacent to a translocation breakpoint involving ETV6 in childhood ALL. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6565.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Colloms M, Darlington P. High Performance Loudspeakers. West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,.; 2005.

An edited book

1. Kendall D, Alexander S, editors. Behavioral Neurobiology of the Endocannabinoid System. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kranert M, Kusch S, Huang J, Fischer K. Anaerobic Digestion of Waste. In: Karagiannidis A, editor. Waste to Energy: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing and Transition Economies. London: Springer; 2012. p. 107–35.

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 Health, Population and Nutrition.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Meteorite From Mars Tells A 2-Billion-Year Volcanic Story [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/meteorite-from-mars-tells-a-2billionyear-volcanic-story/

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. Railroad Regulation: Changes in Railroad Rates and Service Quality Since 1990. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 Apr. Report No.: RCED-99-93.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Burns KN. Impact of Cognitive Tasks on Gait Parameters in Collegiate Athletes [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Wagner J. Collins Dwells Only on the Job, Not on Job Security. New York Times. 2016 Aug 22;D3.

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 Health, Population and Nutrition
Abbreviation	J. Health Popul. Nutr.
ISSN (online)	2072-1315
Scope	Food Science Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health