How to format your references using the International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension. 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]

J.W. Vaupel, Biodemography of human ageing, Nature 464 (2010) 536–542.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

A. Dell’Anno, R. Danovaro, Extracellular DNA plays a key role in deep-sea ecosystem functioning, Science 309 (2005) 2179.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

J.H. Schön, H. Meng, Z. Bao, Field-effect modulation of the conductance of single molecules, Science 294 (2001) 2138–2140.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

V.T. Nguyen, T. Kiss, A.A. Michels, O. Bensaude, 7SK small nuclear RNA binds to and inhibits the activity of CDK9/cyclin T complexes, Nature 414 (2001) 322–325.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

A. Chaudhry, D. Coetsee, E. Bakker, S. Varughese, S. McIlwaine, C. Fuller, E. Rands, N. de Vos, S. Longmore, T.V. Balasubramanian, 2015 Interpretation and Application of International Financial Reporting Standards, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2014.

An edited book

[1]

D. Beijaard, P.C. Meijer, G. Morine-Dershimer, H. Tillema, eds., Teacher Professional Development in Changing Conditions, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

T. Dumova, Building University-Community Partnerships, in: W.J. Jacob, S.E. Sutin, J.C. Weidman, J.L. Yeager (Eds.), Community Engagement in Higher Education: Policy Reforms and Practice, SensePublishers, Rotterdam, 2015: pp. 73–88.

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 International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, Newly-Discovered Fossils Suggest That Big Cats Originated in Asia, IFLScience (2013).

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, Coordination, Policy Development, and Implementation for International Telecommunications Facilities, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1978.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

J. Branch, A Case Study of Perceptions and Experiences among African-American Males Regarding College Dropout Rates in a Community College, Doctoral dissertation, Northcentral 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

[1]

M. Pilon, J. Longman, Elite Marathoner’s Failed Test Is Another Setback for Kenya, New York Times (2014) D1.

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	International Journal of Cardiology Hypertension
ISSN (print)	2590-0862
Scope