How to format your references using the Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews. 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

Shelton JD. HIV/AIDS. ARVs as HIV prevention: a tough road to wide impact. Science. 2011;334(6063):1645-1646.

A journal article with 2 authors

Frieda KL, Block SM. Direct observation of cotranscriptional folding in an adenine riboswitch. Science. 2012;338(6105):397-400.

A journal article with 3 authors

Brennan MD, Cheong R, Levchenko A. Systems biology. How information theory handles cell signaling and uncertainty. Science. 2012;338(6105):334-335.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Yu H, Lu C, Tieu AK, et al. Fabrication of ultra-thin nanostructured bimetallic foils by Accumulative Roll Bonding and Asymmetric Rolling. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2373.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Chu PP. Embedded SoPC Design with Nios II Processor and VHDL Examples. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Burckhardt P, Dawson-Hughes B, Weaver CM, eds. Nutritional Influences on Bone Health: 8th International Symposium. Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Kuliamin V. Test Construction for Mathematical Functions. In: Suzuki K, Higashino T, Ulrich A, Hasegawa T, eds. Testing of Software and Communicating Systems: 20th IFIP TC 6/WG 6.1 International Conference, TestCom 2008 8th International Workshop, FATES 2008 Tokyo, Japan, June 10-13, 2008 Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer; 2008:23-37.

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 Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews.

Blog post

Luntz S. Artificial Photosynthesis Yields Valuable Chemicals. IFLScience. Published April 20, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/artificial-photosynthesis-yields-chemical-riches/

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. GAO ADP Data Lines: Issue No. 2. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1983.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Anthony PJ. Determining Courses of Action for Educational Leaders to Achieve Adequate Yearly Progress. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix; 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

Wilson M. Diary Hints at Slaves’ Remains on a Lot in Brooklyn. New York Times. August 4, 2017:A15.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews
Abbreviation	Newborn Infant Nurs. Rev.
ISSN (print)	1527-3369
Scope	Pediatrics