How to format your references using the Journal of Sport and Health Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Sport and Health Science (JSHS). 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

Sardar Z. Beyond the troubled relationship. Nature 2007;448:131–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wolf ET, Toon OB. Fractal organic hazes provided an ultraviolet shield for early Earth. Science 2010;328:1266–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Amselem E, Sadiq M, Bourennane M. Experimental bound entanglement through a Pauli channel. Sci Rep 2013;3:1966.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Brodersen P, Sakvarelidze-Achard L, Bruun-Rasmussen M, Dunoyer P, Yamamoto YY, Sieburth L, et al. Widespread translational inhibition by plant miRNAs and siRNAs. Science 2008;320:1185–90.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Matthews GG. Cellular Physiology of Nerve and Muscle. Malden, MA USA: Blackwell Publishing Ltd., 2002.

An edited book

Lee M, Pak JS, Kim J, editors. Electrical Design of Through Silicon Via. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2014. IX, 280 p. 249 illus.

A chapter in an edited book

Brock G. Tan, Kok-Chor. In: Chatterjee DK, editor. Encyclopedia of Global Justice. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2011.p.1058–60.

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 Sport and Health Science.

Blog post

Andrew E. There Are Now Just Six Northern White Rhinos Left On Earth [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience, 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/rare-white-rhino-dies-threatening-subspecies-extinction/

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. Air Pollution: FAA’s Reliance on Manufacturers for Jet Engine Emission Testing. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1994 Jul. Report No.: RCED-94-99.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mitchell JE. Job satisfaction and burnout among foreign -trained nurses in Saudi Arabia: A mixed-method study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix, 2009.

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

Saslow L. Sorting Out their Goals, and Options. New York Times 2009 Apr 12;WE7.

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 Sport and Health Science
Abbreviation	J. Sport Health Sci.
ISSN (print)	2095-2546
ISSN (online)	2213-2961
Scope	Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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