How to format your references using the Public Health Reviews citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Public Health 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	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

1. Meunier B. Chemistry. Catalytic degradation of chlorinated phenols. Science. 2002;296:270–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Plous S, Herzog H. Animal research. Reliability of protocol reviews for animal research. Science. 2001;293:608–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Kah LC, Lyons TW, Frank TD. Low marine sulphate and protracted oxygenation of the Proterozoic biosphere. Nature. 2004;431:834–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Marson A, Kretschmer K, Frampton GM, Jacobsen ES, Polansky JK, MacIsaac KD, et al. Foxp3 occupancy and regulation of key target genes during T-cell stimulation. Nature. 2007;445:931–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Porter AL, Cunningham SW. Tech Mining. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2004.

An edited book

1. Mukhopadhyay SC, editor. Wearable Electronics Sensors: For Safe and Healthy Living. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Cocks M. What is Biocultural Diversity? A Theoretical Review. In: Bates DG, Tucker J, editors. Human Ecology: Contemporary Research and Practice. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2010. p. 67–77.

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 Public Health Reviews.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. 6-million-year-old human ancestor was bipedal, yet lived in the trees [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2013 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/6-million-year-old-human-ancestor-was-bipedal-yet-lived-trees/

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. NASA Designation of Their Ames Facility to Be Lead Center for Helicopter Research and Development. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976 Nov. Report No.: LCD-77-301.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. McCarter KM. The effect of auditory stimulation on learners with different learning styles [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 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

1. Barron J. Montauk Gives Bravo’s ‘Summer House’ a Cold Reception. New York Times. 2017 Jan 8;A15.

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	Public Health Reviews
Abbreviation	Public Health Rev.
ISSN (online)	2107-6952
Scope	Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Community and Home Care