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

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

1. Cravens TE. X-ray emission from comets. Science. 2002;296:1042–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Tomita K, Weiner AM. Collaboration between CC- and A-adding enzymes to build and repair the 3’-terminal CCA of tRNA in Aquifex aeolicus. Science. 2001;294:1334–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Blackstone E, Morrison M, Roth MB. H2S induces a suspended animation-like state in mice. Science. 2005;308:518.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Hegde SS, Vetting MW, Roderick SL, Mitchenall LA, Maxwell A, Takiff HE, et al. A fluoroquinolone resistance protein from Mycobacterium tuberculosis that mimics DNA. Science. 2005;308:1480–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Miller MA. Internet Technologies Handbook. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

1. Gao GR, Pollock LL, Cavazos J, Li X, editors. Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing: 22nd International Workshop, LCPC 2009, Newark, DE, USA, October 8-10, 2009, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Ho Q-D, Gao Y, Rajalingham G, Le-Ngoc T. Wireless Routing Protocols for NANs. In: Gao Y, Rajalingham G, Le-Ngoc T, editors. Wireless Communications Networks for the Smart Grid. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 51–69.

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 the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Dogs Can Tell The Difference Between Happy And Angry Faces [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/dogs-can-tell-difference-between-happy-and-angry-faces/

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. Early Childhood Programs: The Use of Impact Evaluations to Assess Program Effects. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Apr. Report No.: GAO-01-542.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ressler KM. The path to leadership for Native American women at North Dakota tribal colleges [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. Antilla S. Gender Bias Case Against Sterling Jewelers Can Proceed. New York Times. 2015 Feb 4;B8.

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 the International Society of Sports Nutrition
Abbreviation	J. Int. Soc. Sports Nutr.
ISSN (online)	1550-2783
Scope	Food Science Nutrition and Dietetics