How to format your references using the Cardio-Oncology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cardio-Oncology. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX 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. Wang H. A double dose of advice. Science. 2014;346:510.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Breitkreutz A, Tyers M. Cell signaling. A sophisticated scaffold wields a new trick. Science. 2006;311:789–90.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Chuang S-T, Kuo Y-H, Su M-J. Antifibrotic effects of KS370G, a caffeamide derivative, in renal ischemia-reperfusion injured mice and renal tubular epithelial cells. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5814.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Ideta A, Aoyagi Y, Tsuchiya K, Kamijima T, Nishimiya Y, Tsuda S. A simple medium enables bovine embryos to be held for seven days at 4°C. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1173.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Schulze V. Modern Mechanical Surface Treatment. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.

An edited book

1. Mathena J. Success with Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0: Implementing Customer Relationship Management. Yetter A, Hostetler H, editors. Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Sullivan JC. Sex Differences in Angiotensin II Hypertension. In: Hyndman KA, Pannabecker TL, editors. Sodium and Water Homeostasis: Comparative, Evolutionary and Genetic Models. New York, NY: Springer; 2015. p. 91–117.

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 Cardio-Oncology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Scientists Investigate The Mechanisms Behind The Floating Arm Trick [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/scientists-investigate-mechanisms-behind-floating-arm-trick/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. Department of Education: Opportunities to Realize Savings. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995 Jan. Report No.: T-HEHS-95-56.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bradnan DM. Cherelle Wilt in Theobroma cacao [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2015.

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. Greenhouse L. Supreme Court Takes Up 2 Cases Challenging Powers of U.S. Regulators to Protect Wetlands. New York Times. 2005 Oct 12;A14.

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	Cardio-Oncology
Abbreviation	CardioOncology
ISSN (online)	2057-3804
Scope