How to format your references using the Journal of the Saudi Heart Association citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of the Saudi Heart Association. 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]

Rakic P. Neuroscience. No more cortical neurons for you. Science 2006;313:928–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Van de Walle CG, Neugebauer J. Universal alignment of hydrogen levels in semiconductors, insulators and solutions. Nature 2003;423:626–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Zhang Z-Y, Sun K-D, Wang S-Q. Enhanced community structure detection in complex networks with partial background information. Sci Rep 2013;3:3241.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Nagashima H, Sugahara F, Takechi M, Ericsson R, Kawashima-Ohya Y, Narita Y, et al. Evolution of the turtle body plan by the folding and creation of new muscle connections. Science 2009;325:193–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Lane D. The Chief Information Officer’s Body of Knowledge. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Stranieri A. Knowledge Discovery from Legal Databases. vol. 69. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Vincelli P. Technology Transfer in Extension: Experience in the United States of America. In: Hardwick N, Gullino ML, editors. Knowledge and Technology Transfer for Plant Pathology, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010, p. 55–8.

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 Saudi Heart Association.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. Newly Described Orchid Has A Tiny Demon At Its Center. IFLScience 2016.

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. Air Traffic Control Modernization: Management Challenges Associated with Program Costs and Schedules Could Hinder NextGen Implementation. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Sanghvi AM. Characterization of algal biomeal for applications in food. Doctoral dissertation. University of Maryland, College Park, 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

[1]

Gustines GG. The Newest Superpower: Passing Through Network Walls. New York Times 2016:C5.

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 Saudi Heart Association
Abbreviation	J. Saudi Heart Assoc.
ISSN (print)	1016-7315
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine