How to format your references using the Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal. 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]

Batson PE. Applied physics. Plasmonic modes revealed. Science 2012;335:47–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Newman DK, Banfield JF. Geomicrobiology: how molecular-scale interactions underpin biogeochemical systems. Science 2002;296:1071–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Venkatesan M, Fitzgerald CB, Coey JMD. Thin films: unexpected magnetism in a dielectric oxide. Nature 2004;430:630.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Ward BB, Devol AH, Rich JJ, Chang BX, Bulow SE, Naik H, et al. Denitrification as the dominant nitrogen loss process in the Arabian Sea. Nature 2009;461:78–81.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Glasgow LA. Applied Mathematics for Science and Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Frangou S, editor. Women in Academic Psychiatry: A Mind to Succeed. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Mkomwa S, Kaumbutho P, Makungu P. Farm Machinery for Conservation Agriculture. In: Farooq M, Siddique KHM, editors. Conservation Agriculture, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015, p. 109–31.

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 Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. This Gene Gave Mosquitoes The Taste For Human Blood. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/gene-gave-mosquitoes-taste-human-blood/ (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. Highway Public-Private Partnerships: More Rigorous Up-front Analysis Could Better Secure Potential Benefits and Protect the Public Interest. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Wilson MW. Angels in Tinseltown: Health insurance, hormone use, and HIV among transgender women in Los Angeles. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Walsh MW. Claiming Fraud in A.I.G. Bailout, Whistle-Blower Lawsuit Names 3 Companies. New York Times 2011:B6.

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	Indian Pacing and Electrophysiology Journal
Abbreviation	Indian Pacing Electrophysiol. J.
ISSN (print)	0972-6292
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Physiology (medical)