How to format your references using the Nutrition Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Nutrition Research. 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]

Mellars P. Palaeoanthropology: the earliest modern humans in Europe. Nature 2011;479:483–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Weiss R, Bourgeois J. Geology. Understanding sediments--reducing tsunami risk. Science 2012;336:1117–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Son MY, Lee J-K, Kang YC. Fabrication and electrochemical performance of 0.6Li2MnO3-0.4Li(Ni1/3Co1/3Mn1/3)O2 microspheres by two-step spray-drying process. Sci Rep 2014;4:5752.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Huang X, McCoy AB, Bowman JM, Johnson LM, Savage C, Dong F, et al. Quantum deconstruction of the infrared spectrum of CH5+. Science 2006;311:60–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Lévy P. The Semantic Sphere 1. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Miller J, editor. Topics in Early Modern Philosophy of Mind. vol. 9. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Bushek D, Allen DM. Motile Suspension-Feeders in Estuarine and Marine Ecosystems. In: Dame RF, Olenin S, editors. The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on The Comparative Roles of Suspension-Feeders in Ecosystems Nida, Lithuania 4–9 October 2003, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2005, p. 53–71.

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 Research.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Amazing Photographs Of Drugs Enlarged. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/amazing-photographs-drugs-under-microscope/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Health Careers Opportunity Program: Process for Awarding Competitive Grants Included Independent Review. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Mac Garrigle EF. A validation of the enterprise management engineering approach to knowledge management systems engineering. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University, 2006.

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]

Pilon M. Wanted: Snow. Cold. New York Times 2013:B12.

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 Research
Abbreviation	Nutr. Res.
ISSN (print)	0271-5317
Scope	Endocrinology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Nutrition and Dietetics