How to format your references using the Acta Haematologica Polonica citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Acta Haematologica Polonica. 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 reference managers.
BibTeXBibTeX styles 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]
Lambers JHR. Ecology. Extinction risks from climate change. Science 2015;348:501–2.
A journal article with 2 authors
[1]
Woolhouse M, Donaldson A. Managing foot-and-mouth. Nature 2001;410:515–6.
A journal article with 3 authors
[1]
Minto C, Myers RA, Blanchard W. Survival variability and population density in fish populations. Nature 2008;452:344–7.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
[1]
Pettifer RF, Mathon O, Pascarelli S, Cooke MD, Gibbs MRJ. Measurement of femtometre-scale atomic displacements by X-ray absorption spectroscopy. Nature 2005;435:78–81.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
[1]
Bock R. Handbuch der analytisch-chemischen Aufschlussmethoden. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.
An edited book
[1]
Enns RH. Computer Algebra Recipes: An Advanced Guide to Scientific Modeling. New York, NY: Springer; 2007.
A chapter in an edited book
[1]
Antonelli M, Ducange P, Marcelloni F. Feature Selection Based on Fuzzy Mutual Information. In: Masulli F, Pasi G, Yager R, editors. Fuzzy Logic and Applications: 10th International Workshop, WILF 2013, Genoa, Italy, November 19-22, 2013. Proceedings, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2013, p. 36–43.

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 Acta Haematologica Polonica.

Blog post
[1]
Fang J. Baby Frogs Hatch In A Hurry When Snakes Attack. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/baby-frogs-hatch-in-a-hurry-when-snakes-attack/ (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. Corrective Actions Taken or in Process To Reduce Job Corps’ Vulnerability to Improper Use of Contracting Authority. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1983.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
[1]
Lamanna CA. The structure and function of subalpine ecosystems in the face of climate change. Doctoral dissertation. University of Arizona, 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]
Saslow L. 3 Former Executives Of Symbol on Trial. New York Times 2006:14LI2.

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 titleActa Haematologica Polonica
AbbreviationActa Haematol. Pol.
ISSN (print)0001-5814
ScopeHematology
Oncology

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