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

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

[1]

Baselga J. Targeting tyrosine kinases in cancer: the second wave. Science 2006;312:1175–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Smaglik P, Frantz S. The biotechnology sector’s craving for commercial expertise is fuelling a cultural exchange with drug industry. Nature 2003;422:542–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Schuch R, Nelson D, Fischetti VA. A bacteriolytic agent that detects and kills Bacillus anthracis. Nature 2002;418:884–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Ramesh P, Baroji YF, Reihani SNS, Stamou D, Oddershede LB, Bendix PM. FBAR syndapin 1 recognizes and stabilizes highly curved tubular membranes in a concentration dependent manner. Sci Rep 2013;3:1565.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Madden BJ. Wealth Creation. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

L’Abate L. Relational Competence Theory: Research and Mental Health Applications. New York, NY: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Griesbach U, Malkowsky IM, Waldvogel SR. Green Electroorganic Synthesis Using BDD Electrodes. In: Comninellis C, Chen G, editors. Electrochemistry for the Environment, New York, NY: Springer; 2010, p. 125–41.

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 Hepatology.

Blog post

[1]

Andrews R. Oklahoma Is One Of 2017’s Most High-Risk State For Earthquakes. IFLScience 2017.

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. Issues and Anticipated Results. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Marquez MC. Manuel Ponce’s “Estrellita” (arranged by Jascha Heifetz): A historical and performance practice guide for the violinist. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2015.

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]

Arango T. Food Poisoning Sickens Hundreds of Iraqis at U.N.-Run Camp. New York Times 2017:A9.

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 Hepatology
Abbreviation	J. Hepatol.
ISSN (print)	0168-8278
Scope	Hepatology

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