How to format your references using the Journal of Interventional Medicine citation style

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

Curry S. Journal club. A crystallographer takes a jaunt into immunology. Nature. 2009;457(7226):133.

A journal article with 2 authors

Goodman S, Kreeger K. Getting organized. Nature. 2003;423(6935):98-99.

A journal article with 3 authors

Yu H, Tang H, Xu P. Green strategy from waste to value-added-chemical production: efficient biosynthesis of 6-hydroxy-3-succinoyl-pyridine by an engineered biocatalyst. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5397.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Lai Y, Lou X, Wang C, Xia T, Tong J. Synaptotagmin 1 and Ca2+ drive trans SNARE zippering. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4575.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Duhon T. How the Trading Floor Really Works. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.; 2012.

An edited book

Berardi S, Damiani F, de’Liguoro U, eds. Types for Proofs and Programs: International Conference, TYPES 2008 Torino, Italy, March 26-29, 2008 Revised Selected Papers. Vol 5497. Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Weyns D, Holvoet T. Architecture-Centric Software Development of Situated Multiagent Systems. In: O’Hare GMP, Ricci A, O’Grady MJ, Dikenelli O, eds. Engineering Societies in the Agents World VII: 7th International Workshop, ESAW 2006 Dublin, Ireland, September 6-8, 2006 Revised Selected and Invited Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer; 2007:62-85.

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 Interventional Medicine.

Blog post

Andrew E. Adult Breast Milk Drinkers Aren’t Just Wasting Their Money – They’re Endangering Their Health. IFLScience. June 22, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/adult-breast-milk-deinkers-aren-t-just-wasting-their-money-they-re-endangering/

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

Government Accountability Office. Information Technology: Continued Improvements in Investment Oversight and Management Can Yield Billions in Savings. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ademiluyi CA. Felony Disenfranchisement and How It Contributes to the Black Electorate. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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

Gustines GG. ‘Dark Knight Returns’ Cover Art Goes for Sale. New York Times. July 8, 2013:C3.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Interventional Medicine
ISSN (print)	2096-3602
Scope