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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy. 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

Smith A. Cell biology: Potency unchained. Nature. 2014;505(7485):622-623.

A journal article with 2 authors

Bowler C, Scanlan DJ. Genetics. Being selective in the Prochlorococcus collective. Science. 2014;344(6182):366-367.

A journal article with 3 authors

Iwata M, Hiyama A, Otaki JM. System-dependent regulations of colour-pattern development: a mutagenesis study of the pale grass blue butterfly. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2379.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Shalizi A, Gaudillière B, Yuan Z, et al. A calcium-regulated MEF2 sumoylation switch controls postsynaptic differentiation. Science. 2006;311(5763):1012-1017.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lippold JC. Welding Metallurgy and Weldability. John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

Beynen PE van, ed. Karst Management. Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Van Dyke Parunak H. Pheromones, Probabilities, and Multiple Futures. In: Bosse T, Geller A, Jonker CM, eds. Multi-Agent-Based Simulation XI: International Workshop, MABS 2010, Toronto, Canada, May 11, 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer; 2011:44-60.

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 the Cardiovascular Academy.

Blog post

Luntz S. Organic Molecules That Glow At Room Temperature Make Energy-Efficient Lights. IFLScience. October 14, 2016. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/organic-molecules-that-glow-at-room-temperature-make-energyefficient-lights/

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. National Airspace System: Experts’ Views on Improving the U.S. Air Traffic Control Modernization Program. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Othmanawny G. Soaked and Unsoaked Performance of Crushed Gravel and Limestone Aggregates. Doctoral dissertation. Southern Illinois 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

Joy S. Pursuing Inside-Out Strategies. New York Times. December 3, 2015:D17.

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	International Journal of the Cardiovascular Academy
ISSN (print)	2405-8181
Scope