How to format your references using the Lipids in Health and Disease citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Lipids in Health and Disease. 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. Shanklin J. Reflections on the ozone hole. Nature. 2010;465:34–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Ochman H, Raghavan R. Systems biology. Excavating the functional landscape of bacterial cells. Science. 2009;326:1200–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Jin F-F, Boucharel J, Lin I-I. Eastern Pacific tropical cyclones intensified by El Niño delivery of subsurface ocean heat. Nature. 2014;516:82–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Gomis-Rüth FX, Moncalián G, Pérez-Luque R, González A, Cabezón E, de la Cruz F, et al. The bacterial conjugation protein TrwB resembles ring helicases and F1-ATPase. Nature. 2001;409:637–41.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Lachin JM. Biostatistical Methods: The Assessment of Relative Risks. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

1. Erdmann G, Kneuer M, editors. Regression of Democracy?: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft Comparative Governance and Politics. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Schönthaler F, Vossen G, Oberweis A, Karle T. Areas of Application. In: Vossen G, Oberweis A, Karle T, editors. Business Processes for Business Communities: Modeling Languages, Methods, Tools. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 137–73.

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 Lipids in Health and Disease.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. High School Students Make Martin Shkreli’s 5,000% Price-Hike Drug For Just $2 [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/high-school-students-make-martin-shkrelis-5000-pricehike-drug-for-just-2/

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. CETA Programs for Disadvantaged Adults: What Do We Know About Their Enrollees, Services, and Effectiveness. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1982 Jun. Report No.: IPE-82-2.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ruby CA. Application of Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard (CMECS) to Remotely Operated Vehicle (Rov) Video Data for Enhanced Geospatial Analysis of Deep Sea Environments [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State University; 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. Greenhouse L. Court Hears Whether a Drug Statement Is Protected Free Speech for Students. New York Times. 2007 Mar 20;A16.

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	Lipids in Health and Disease
Abbreviation	Lipids Health Dis.
ISSN (online)	1476-511X
Scope	Clinical Biochemistry Endocrinology Biochemistry, medical Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

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