How to format your references using the Journal of Veterinary Cardiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Veterinary Cardiology. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

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Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteDownload the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.
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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]
Goldston D. Mean what you say. Nature 2009;458:563.
A journal article with 2 authors
[1]
Smith G, Yard J. Quantum communication with zero-capacity channels. Science 2008;321:1812–5.
A journal article with 3 authors
[1]
Tylianakis JM, Tscharntke T, Lewis OT. Habitat modification alters the structure of tropical host-parasitoid food webs. Nature 2007;445:202–5.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
[1]
Chen G-Y, Chen S-L, Li C-M, Chen Y-N. Examining non-locality and quantum coherent dynamics induced by a common reservoir. Sci Rep 2013;3:2514.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
[1]
Porter AL, Cunningham SW. Tech Mining. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2004.
An edited book
[1]
Akama S, editor. Towards Paraconsistent Engineering. vol. 110. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.
A chapter in an edited book
[1]
Gao J. Geometric Routing in Wireless Sensor Networks. In: Misra SC, Woungang I, Misra S, editors. Guide to Wireless Sensor Networks, London: Springer; 2009, p. 113–57.

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 Veterinary Cardiology.

Blog post
[1]
Carpineti A. AI Learns Nobel-Winning Experiment In An Hour ... And Then Improves It. 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. NASA Budget: Carryover Balances for Selected Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
[1]
Llamas AL. ALLTAP Solutions, LLC: A Business Plan. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2017.

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]
Saslow L. Southampton Sets Aside Spot for Day Laborers. New York Times 2007:14LI2.

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 titleJournal of Veterinary Cardiology
AbbreviationJ. Vet. Cardiol.
ISSN (print)1760-2734
ScopePhysiology
General Veterinary

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