How to format your references using the Journal of Integrative Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Integrative Medicine. 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]

Deweerdt S. Dancing with an escape artist. Nature 2010;466:S6-7.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Chouard T, Venema L. Machine intelligence. Nature 2015;521:435.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Baker PJ, Harris S, Webbon CC. Effect of British hunting ban on fox numbers. Nature 2002;419:34.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Hayton TW, Boncella JM, Scott BL, Palmer PD, Batista ER, Hay PJ. Synthesis of imido analogs of the uranyl ion. Science 2005;310:1941–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Todinov MT. Reliability and Risk Models. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2005.

An edited book

[1]

González Velasco M, Puerto IM, Martínez R, Molina M, Mota M, Ramos A, editors. Workshop on Branching Processes and Their Applications. vol. 197. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Muroi S, Kumamoto T. Coseismic Tsunami Simulation Assuming the Displacement of High-Angle Branching Active Faults Identified on the Continental Slope Around the Japan Trench. In: Kamae K, editor. Earthquakes, Tsunamis and Nuclear Risks: Prediction and Assessment Beyond the Fukushima Accident, Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2016, p. 55–63.

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 Integrative Medicine.

Blog post

[1]

Taub B. Study Reveals How The Brain “Rebuilds” Itself In An Attempt To Cure Schizophrenia. IFLScience 2016.

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. District of Columbia: Performance Report Shows Continued Progress. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Shetter RM. Assaulting the littorals: The development and evolution of a dedicated American amphibious assault force. 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]

Stellin S. They Owe You: Compensation for Your Troubles. New York Times 2013:TR2.

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	Journal of Integrative Medicine
ISSN (print)	2095-4964
Scope