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

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

Calvert AJ. Seismic reflection imaging of two megathrust shear zones in the northern Cascadia subduction zone. Nature 2004;428:163–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sabatini BL, Svoboda K. Analysis of calcium channels in single spines using optical fluctuation analysis. Nature 2000;408:589–93.

A journal article with 3 authors

Mercader J, Panger M, Boesch C. Excavation of a chimpanzee stone tool site in the African rainforest. Science 2002;296:1452–5.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Gaensler BM, Haverkorn M, Staveley-Smith L, Dickey JM, McClure-Griffiths NM, Dickel JR, Wolleben M. The magnetic field of the Large Magellanic Cloud revealed through Faraday rotation. Science 2005;307:1610–2.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kerzner H. Project Management 2.0. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

Napolitano NR, Longo G, Marconi M, Paolillo M, Iodice E, editors. The Universe of Digital Sky Surveys: A Meeting to Honour the 70th Birthday of Massimo Capaccioli. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. XXI, 302 p. 92 illus., 83 illus. in color p.

A chapter in an edited book

Hoops HJ, Nishii I, Kirk DL. Cytoplasmic Bridges in Volvox and Its Relatives. In: Volkmann D, Barlow PW, editors. Cell-Cell Channels. New York, NY: Springer; 2006. p. 65–84.

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 Nutrition.

Blog post

Fang J. Flexible Electronic Implants Wrap Around Tissues [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/flexible-electronic-implants-wrap-around-tissues/

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. Bureau of Indian Education: Improving Interior’s Assistance Would Aid Tribal Groups Developing Academic Accountability Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Sep. Report No.: GAO-08-1125T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

O’Neal L. What’s in Your Toolbox?: Examining Tool Choices at Two Middle and Late Woodland-Period Sites on Florida’s Central Gulf Coast [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tampa, FL]: University of South Florida; 2016.

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

Pilon M. In Texas, the Sabbath Trumps the Semifinals. New York Times. 2012;B12.

In-text citations

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

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 Nutrition
Abbreviation	J. Nutr.
ISSN (print)	0022-3166
ISSN (online)	1541-6100
Scope	Medicine (miscellaneous) Nutrition and Dietetics