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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Hematology. 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. Buckholtz NS. Perspective: in search of biomarkers. Nature. 2011;475:S8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Packer A, Clay K. Soil pathogens and spatial patterns of seedling mortality in a temperate tree. Nature. 2000;404:278–81.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gans J, Wolinsky M, Dunbar J. Computational improvements reveal great bacterial diversity and high metal toxicity in soil. Science. 2005;309:1387–90.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Farrer RA, Henk DA, MacLean D, Studholme DJ, Fisher MC. Using false discovery rates to benchmark SNP-callers in next-generation sequencing projects. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1512.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Hackshaw A. A Concise Guide to Observational Studies in Healthcare. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

1. Huss SA, editor. Advances in Design and Specification Languages for Embedded Systems: Selected Contributions from FDL’06. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Hanawa T. Biofunctionalization of Metallic Materials: Creation of Biosis–Abiosis Intelligent Interface. In: Sasaki K, Suzuki O, Takahashi N, editors. Interface Oral Health Science 2014: Innovative Research on Biosis-Abiosis Intelligent Interface. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2015. p. 53–64.

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 Hematology.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. Infecting Mosquitoes With Bacteria So They Can’t Infect Us With Viruses Like Zika And Dengue. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017.

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. Staffing, Training, and Funding Issues for FAA’s Major Work Forces. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990 Mar. Report No.: T-RCED-90-42.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Oparnica D. The role of nurses in health care reform: A project report [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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. Failed Talks Raise Specter of Biggest Default in Puerto Rico Crisis. New York Times. 2016 Jan 24;A15.

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 Hematology
Abbreviation	Int. J. Hematol.
ISSN (print)	0925-5710
ISSN (online)	1865-3774
Scope	Hematology