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. Smaglik P. The physics imbalance. Nature. 2002;419:3.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Gano S, Kinzler R. SPORE series winner. Bringing the museum into the classroom. Science. 2011;331:1028–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Depew MJ, Lufkin T, Rubenstein JLR. Specification of jaw subdivisions by Dlx genes. Science. 2002;298:381–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Ohtomo A, Muller DA, Grazul JL, Hwang HY. Artificial charge-modulationin atomic-scale perovskite titanate superlattices. Nature. 2002;419:378–80.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Hadjsaïd N, Sabonnadière J-C. Power Systems and Restructuring. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Kato N, Kawata M, Pitman RK, editors. PTSD: Brain Mechanisms and Clinical Implications. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Bowes G. Chapter 5 Single-Cell C4 Photosynthesis in Aquatic Plants. In: Raghavendra AS, Sage RF, editors. C4 Photosynthesis and Related CO2 Concentrating Mechanisms. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011. p. 63–80.

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. Davis J. Antarctica Is Greening Due To Climate Change [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/antarctica-is-greening-due-to-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

1. Government Accountability Office. Proposed Alliance Between American Airlines and British Airways Raises Competition Concerns and Public Interest Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Dec. Report No.: GAO-02-293R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Whitbeck DC. Mapping of Sonoran Desert vegetation communities of San Cristobal Valley and southern Sentinel Plains, Barry M. Goldwater Range and variables influencing route proliferation in the Barry M. Goldwater Range’s San Cristobal Valley [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tucson, AZ]: University of Arizona; 2013.

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. Kelly M. What Price Beauty? Oh, Say $2,000 or So. New York Times. 1993 May 28;A15.

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

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