How to format your references using the The British Journal of Cardiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The British Journal of Cardiology. 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

Friedlander M. Physics: A century of cosmic rays. Nature 2012;483:400–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Chatterjee S, Grosshans H. Active turnover modulates mature microRNA activity in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 2009;461:546–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hovenden MJ, Newton PCD, Wills KE. Seasonal not annual rainfall determines grassland biomass response to carbon dioxide. Nature 2014;511:583–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Nateri AS, Riera-Sans L, Da Costa C, Behrens A. The ubiquitin ligase SCFFbw7 antagonizes apoptotic JNK signaling. Science 2004;303:1374–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rittereiser CM, Kochard LE. Top Hedge Fund Investors. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

Günter Dosch H. Quantum Field Theory in a Semiotic Perspective. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

Saliou G, Théaudin M, Join-Lambert Vincent C, Souillard-Scemama R. Transient Ischaemic Attacks. In: Theaudin M, Join-Lambert Vincent C, Souillard-Scemama R, editors. Practical Guide to Neurovascular Emergencies. Paris: Springer; 2014. p. 77–80.

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 The British Journal of Cardiology.

Blog post

Andrew E. End Of The Road For Lariam? The Malaria Drug Soldiers Claim Increases Psychosis. IFLScience. 2016; https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/end-road-lariam-malaria-drug-soldiers-claim-increases-psychosis/

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. Charter Schools: Education Could Do More to Assist Charter Schools with Applying for Discretionary Grants. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2010.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Neil S. A turn from the worst: Leadership influences on the successful turnaround of a high-poverty school. 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

Hodgman J. Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. New York Times. 2017;MM18.

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	The British Journal of Cardiology
Abbreviation	Br. J. Cardiol.
ISSN (print)	0969-6113
ISSN (online)	1753-4313
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine