How to format your references using the Current Cardiology Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Cardiology Reports. 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. Clark PU. Early deglaciation in the tropical Andes. Science. 2002;298:7; discussion 7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Brongersma ML, Shalaev VM. Applied physics. The case for plasmonics. Science. 2010;328:440–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Munoz F, Couteron P, Hubbell SP. Comment on “Global correlations in tropical tree species richness and abundance reject neutrality.” Science. 2012;336:1639; author reply 1639.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Zhou J, Tian G, Chen Y, Shi Y, Tian C, Pan K, et al. Growth rate controlled synthesis of hierarchical Bi2S3/In2S3 core/shell microspheres with enhanced photocatalytic activity. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4027.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Burton E. Business and Entrepreneurship in Saudi Arabia. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

1. Féray V. Mod-ϕ Convergence: Normality Zones and Precise Deviations. Méliot P-L, Nikeghbali A, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kim M. Cultural Difference and Shared Values. In: Print M, Tan C, editors. Educating “Good” Citizens in a Globalising World for the Twenty-First Century. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2015. p. 65–79.

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 Current Cardiology Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. New Calculation Suggests China’s Greenhouse Emissions Have Been Overestimated [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/new-calculation-suggests-china-s-greenhouse-emissions-have-been-overestimated/. 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. November 1988 Internet Computer Virus and the Vulnerability of National Telecommunications Networks to Computer Viruses. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989 Jul. Report No.: T-IMTEC-89-10.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Boakyewa OA. Nana Oparebea and the Akonnedi Shrine: Cultural, religious and global agents [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 2014.

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. Stewart JB. In Chamber of Secrets: An Author’s Net Worth. New York Times. 2016 Nov 24;A1.

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	Current Cardiology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Cardiol. Rep.
ISSN (print)	1523-3782
ISSN (online)	1534-3170
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine