How to format your references using the Clinical Research in Cardiology Supplements citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Clinical Research in Cardiology Supplements. 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

Hauser MD (2005) Natural history. Beyond the chimpanzee genome: the threat of extinction. Science 309:1498–1499

A journal article with 2 authors

Sandalow DB, Bowles IA (2001) Climate change. Fundamentals of treaty-making on climate change. Science 292:1839–1840

A journal article with 3 authors

Clevers H, Loh KM, Nusse R (2014) Stem cell signaling. An integral program for tissue renewal and regeneration: Wnt signaling and stem cell control. Science 346:1248012

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Wang G, Innes JL, Lei J, et al (2007) Ecology. China’s forestry reforms. Science 318:1556–1557

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kazemi GA, Lehr JH, Perrochet P (2006) Groundwater Age. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Ruggieri F (2014) Criminal Proceedings, Languages and the European Union: Linguistic and Legal Issues. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Almestad K (2016) The Notion of ‘Opting Out.’ In: Baudenbacher C (ed) The Handbook of EEA Law. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 85–94

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 Clinical Research in Cardiology Supplements.

Blog post

Fang J (2015) Four-Legged Snake Burrowed Around in Cretaceous Brazil. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/four-legged-snake-burrowed-around-cretaceous-brazil/. 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

Government Accountability Office (2006) Aviation Security: Significant Management Challenges May Adversely Affect Implementation of the Transportation Security Administration’s Secure Flight Program. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Roberson BN (2013) Motivation towards learning perceived in Socratic seminar versus traditional lecture. Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University

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

Kishkovsky S (2007) As Sarkozy and Putin Meet, Iran Quickly Comes Between Them. New York Times A5

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	Clinical Research in Cardiology Supplements
Abbreviation	Clin. Res. Cardiol. Suppl.
ISSN (print)	1861-0706
ISSN (online)	1861-0714
Scope	Molecular Biology Structural Biology General Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging