How to format your references using the Nurse Leader citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Nurse Leader. 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:

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.

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
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Kane TJ. Education. The long road to race-blindness. Science. 2003;302(5645):571-573.
A journal article with 2 authors
1.
Stahl AE, Feigenson L. Cognitive development. Observing the unexpected enhances infants’ learning and exploration. Science. 2015;348(6230):91-94.
A journal article with 3 authors
1.
Hu T, Hashmi A, Hong J. Transparent half metallic g-C4N3 nanotubes: potential multifunctional applications for spintronics and optical devices. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6059.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
1.
Wobus C, Heimsath A, Whipple K, Hodges K. Active out-of-sequence thrust faulting in the central Nepalese Himalaya. Nature. 2005;434(7036):1008-1011.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
1.
Center for Chemical Process Safety. Tools for Making Acute Risk Decisions. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1994.
An edited book
1.
Deved¿ic V. Model Driven Engineering and Ontology Development. (Djuric D, Ga¿evic D, eds.). Springer; 2009.
A chapter in an edited book
1.
Nagurney A, Yu M, Floden J. Fashion Supply Chain Network Competition with Ecolabeling. In: Choi TM, Cheng TCE, eds. Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain Management: From Sourcing to Retailing. Springer International Publishing; 2015:61-84.

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 Nurse Leader.

Blog post
1.
Fang J. Jumping Snails Prevail In Warm, Acidic Waters. IFLScience. October 12, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/jumping-snails-prevail-warm-acidic-waters/

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
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Government Accountability Office. Reports Issued in October 1988. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1988.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
1.
Cook MM. An Examination of the Proportion of Special Education Students in Single-Parent Homes in Comparison to Regular Education Students in Similar Households. Doctoral dissertation. Lindenwood 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.
Kelly M. Politically Charged Graffiti Treats Spears as a Symptom, Not a Star. New York Times. December 9, 2001:148.

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 titleNurse Leader
AbbreviationNurse Lead.
ISSN (print)1541-4612
ScopeLeadership and Management

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