How to format your references using the Nutrition Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Nutrition Journal. 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. Bonetta L. Gene expression: an expression of interest. Nature. 2006;440:1233–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Hempstead BL, Salzer JL. Neurobiology. A glial spin on neurotrophins. Science. 2002;298:1184–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Mehta MR, Lee AK, Wilson MA. Role of experience and oscillations in transforming a rate code into a temporal code. Nature. 2002;417:741–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Zürner A, Kirstein J, Döblinger M, Bräuchle C, Bein T. Visualizing single-molecule diffusion in mesoporous materials. Nature. 2007;450:705–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Lu J, Zhao X, Yamada S. Harmonic Balance Finite Element Method. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

1. Holzhacker RL, Wittek R, Woltjer J, editors. Decentralization and Governance in Indonesia. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Saravacos G, Kostaropoulos AE. Mechanical Processing Equipment. In: Kostaropoulos AE, editor. Handbook of Food Processing Equipment. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 149–232.

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 Nutrition Journal.

Blog post

1. Davis J. Hunting Of Primates Increases With Economic Growth [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/hunting-primates-increases-economic-growth/

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. Serious Problems Continue to Trouble the Air Traffic Control Work Force. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989 May. Report No.: T-RCED-89-44.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Havill NL. Therapeutic landscapes for birth: A research synthesis [Doctoral dissertation]. [Chapel Hill, NC]: University of North Carolina; 2012.

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. Vlasic B, Chapman MM. Union Vote at Ford and G.M. Ends Painful Process for Big Three. New York Times. 2015 Nov 22;A24.

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	Nutrition Journal
Abbreviation	Nutr. J.
ISSN (online)	1475-2891
Scope	Medicine (miscellaneous) Nutrition and Dietetics