How to format your references using the Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism. 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

’t Hooft G (2010) Nothing to fear from mistakes. Nature 467:S7

A journal article with 2 authors

Edgar BA, Kim KJ (2009) Cell biology. Sizing up the cell. Science 325:158–159

A journal article with 3 authors

Grey M, Haggart JW, Smith PL (2008) Variation in evolutionary patterns across the geographic range of a fossil bivalve. Science 322:1238–1241

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Bassing CH, Alt FW, Hughes MM, et al (2000) Recombination signal sequences restrict chromosomal V(D)J recombination beyond the 12/23 rule. Nature 405:583–586

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Woolley T (2013) Low Impact Building. John Wiley & Sons, Oxford

An edited book

Kanekawa N (2011) Dependability in Electronic Systems: Mitigation of Hardware Failures, Soft Errors, and Electro-Magnetic Disturbances. Springer, New York, NY

A chapter in an edited book

Krebs LU (2012) Sexual Health During Cancer Treatment. In: Quinn GP, Vadaparampil ST (eds) Reproductive Health and Cancer in Adolescents and Young Adults. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 61–76

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 Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism.

Blog post

Hamilton K (2016) How The Hobbits Kept Their Tools As They Shrank Into Island Life. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/how-the-hobbits-kept-their-tools-as-they-shrank-into-island-life/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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 (1970) Overstatement of Contract Target Costs for F-1 Rocket Engines for Saturn V Launch Vehicle. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Reilly JM (2008) The role of public opinion in China’s Japan policy: 1997–2007. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University

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

Crow K (2001) Fireman’s Spirit Is the Wind Beneath a Bird’s Wings. New York Times 146

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	Mediterranean Journal of Nutrition and Metabolism
Abbreviation	Med. J. Nutrition Metab.
ISSN (print)	1973-798X
ISSN (online)	1973-7998
Scope	Food Science Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Nutrition and Dietetics