How to format your references using the Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research (JSCR). 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

Joyce, GF. Evolution. Toward an alternative biology. Science 336: 307–308, 2012.

A journal article with 2 authors

Liu, X, Duncan, JH. The effects of surfactants on spilling breaking waves. Nature 421: 520–523, 2003.

A journal article with 3 authors

Booth, LN, Tuch, BB, Johnson, AD. Intercalation of a new tier of transcription regulation into an ancient circuit. Nature 468: 959–963, 2010.

A journal article with 6 or more authors

Song, J, Chen, C, Zhu, S, et al. Processing bulk natural wood into a high-performance structural material. Nature 554: 224–228, 2018.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Stein, PD. Pulmonary Embolism. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016.

An edited book

Lantada, AD (ed.). Handbook on Advanced Design and Manufacturing Technologies for Biomedical Devices. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Kessels, RPC, Brands, AMA. Neuropsychological Assessment. In: Diabetes and the Brain. Biessels, GJ and Luchsinger, JA, eds. . Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2010. pp. 77–102

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 Strength and Conditioning Research.

Blog post

Luntz, S. Vaccinated Tasmanian Devils Experience Cancer Remission. IFLScience. , 2017.Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/vaccinated-tasmanian-devils-experience-cancer-remission/

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. Airline Deregulation: Changes in Airfares and Service at Four South Carolina Communities. Washington, DC: 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

Chellamuthu, VK. Structured Population Models: Numerical Methods and Application to Frogs Infected with Chytridiomycosis. Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA, 2015.

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

Hodara, S. Art With an Inflated Sense of Itself. New York Times. WE9, 2016.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (2).
This sentence cites two references (2,4).
This sentence cites four references (4–6,8).

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Strength and Conditioning Research
Abbreviation	J. Strength Cond. Res.
ISSN (print)	1064-8011
ISSN (online)	1533-4287
Scope	General Medicine Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation