How to format your references using the Current Problems in Cardiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Problems in 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	Download the output style file
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

Heyworth MF. Sky was not the limit for music-loving Herschel. Nature. 2000;407(6802):286.

A journal article with 2 authors

Dubrulle J, Pourquié O. fgf8 mRNA decay establishes a gradient that couples axial elongation to patterning in the vertebrate embryo. Nature. 2004;427(6973):419-422.

A journal article with 3 authors

Blackstone E, Morrison M, Roth MB. H2S induces a suspended animation-like state in mice. Science. 2005;308(5721):518.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Tonello F, Seveso M, Marin O, Mock M, Montecucco C. Screening inhibitors of anthrax lethal factor. Nature. 2002;418(6896):386.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ash MK. The Mary Kay Way. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2008.

An edited book

Harrigan MR. Handbook of Cerebrovascular Disease and Neurointerventional Technique. (Deveikis JP, ed.). Humana Press; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

Hirschel EH, Weiland C. Aerothermodynamic Design Problems of Winged Airbreathing Vehicles. In: Weiland C, ed. Selected Aerothermodynamic Design Problems of Hypersonic Flight Vehicles. Springer; 2009:129-209.

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 Problems in Cardiology.

Blog post

Andrews R. Elon Musk Wants To Fix South Australia’s Energy Crisis In Just 100 Days. IFLScience. March 10, 2017. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/elon-musk-fix-south-australia-energy-crisis-100-days/

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. ADP Acquisitions: No Improper Actions Found on IRS’ Contract for Data Retrieval System. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Bhandari S. The Role of System of Systems in Additive Manufacturing. Doctoral dissertation. Mississippi State University; 2017.

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

Kercher S. From Pinup to Muse. New York Times. March 10, 2016:D2.

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	Current Problems in Cardiology
Abbreviation	Curr. Probl. Cardiol.
ISSN (print)	0146-2806
Scope	General Medicine Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine