How to format your references using the Journal of Intensive Care citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Intensive Care. 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. Harte J. An ecologist notes that important details are missing from climate-change models. Nature. 2008;454:1033.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Debenedetti PG, Sarupria S. Chemistry. Hydrate molecular ballet. Science. 2009;326:1070–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Tang C, Schwieters CD, Clore GM. Open-to-closed transition in apo maltose-binding protein observed by paramagnetic NMR. Nature. 2007;449:1078–82.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Herbig J, Kraemer T, Mark M, Weber T, Chin C, Nägerl H-C, et al. Preparation of a pure molecular quantum gas. Science. 2003;301:1510–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Uribe S. Frontier Road. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

1. Rawal P. Develop on Yammer: Social Integration for Modern Business Applications. Rohilla P, editor. Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Baklanov A, Bjergene N, Fay B, Finardi S, Gross A, Jantunen M, et al. Forecasting Urban Meteorology, Air Pollution and Population Exposure (European FUMAPEX Project). In: Borrego C, Norman A-L, editors. Air Pollution Modeling and Its Application XVII. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2006. p. 29–40.

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 Intensive Care.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Origin Of Modern Lions Discovered [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/origin-modern-lions-discovered/

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. Motor Carriers: Establishing System for Self-Reporting Equipment Problems Appears Feasible, but Safety Benefits Questionable and Costs Unknown. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016 Dec. Report No.: GAO-17-132.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Clarke PN. Program evaluation: A study to evaluate the effectiveness of an alternative education program in a rural county of a mid-Atlantic U.S. state [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2008.

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. Poniewozik J. It’s Dark Out There Among the Stars. New York Times. 2017 Oct 19;C15.

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 Intensive Care
Abbreviation	J. Intensive Care
ISSN (online)	2052-0492
Scope