How to format your references using the Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography citation style

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

Sansom M. Louise Johnson (1940-2012). Nature. 2012;490(7421):488.

A journal article with 2 authors

Adam D, Butler D. Comet mission hangs in the balance. Nature. 2003;421(6919):102.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wookey J, Kendall JM, Barruol G. Mid-mantle deformation inferred from seismic anisotropy. Nature. 2002;415(6873):777-780.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Takagi J, Itabashi T, Suzuki K, Ishiwata S. Chromosome position at the spindle equator is regulated by chromokinesin and a bipolar microtubule array. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2808.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ratzliff A, Unutzer J, Katon W, Stephens KA. Integrated Care. John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

Tromeur-Dervout D, Brenner G, Emerson DR, Erhel J, eds. Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics 2008: Parallel Numerical Methods, Software Development and Applications. Vol 74. Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

Harwood TM, L’Abate L. Online Support Groups and Therapy. In: L’Abate L, ed. Self-Help in Mental Health: A Critical Review. Springer; 2010:79-99.

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 Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography.

Blog post

Fang J. Mercury Levels in the Surface Ocean Have Tripled Since Industrial Revolution. IFLScience. August 6, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/mercury-levels-surface-ocean-have-tripled-industrial-revolution/

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. Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Readiness of Medicare and the Health Care Sector. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Fearrington ND. The Relationship between Fathers’ Pre -Natal Involvement with the Mother and Post -Natal Involvement with the Child(Ren). Doctoral dissertation. Capella University; 2008.

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

Cardwell D, Schwartz J. Exxon’s Accounting of Its Emissions Costs ‘May Be a Sham,’ New York State Says. New York Times. June 2, 2017:B6.

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	Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Abbreviation	J. Cardiovasc. Comput. Tomogr.
ISSN (print)	1934-5925
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging