How to format your references using the Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition. 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

1. Bignami GF. Astronomy. Two missions, one microquasar. Science. 2009;326:1490–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Graham S, Hegde D. Intellectual Property. Disclosing patents’ secrets. Science. 2015;347:236–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Thornalley DJR, Elderfield H, McCave IN. Holocene oscillations in temperature and salinity of the surface subpolar North Atlantic. Nature. 2009;457:711–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kerns JG, Cohen JD, MacDonald AW 3rd, Cho RY, Stenger VA, Carter CS. Anterior cingulate conflict monitoring and adjustments in control. Science. 2004;303:1023–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Wildi O. Data Analysis in Vegetation Ecology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2010.

An edited book

1. Bäumer U, Kreutter P, Messner W, editors. Globalization of Professional Services: Innovative Strategies, Successful Processes, Inspired Talent Management, and First-Hand Experiences. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Wang T-Q, Wang H-X, Li Y. Reversible Data Hiding with Low Bit-Rate Growth in H.264/AVC Compressed Video by Adaptive Hybrid Coding. In: Sun X, Liu A, Chao H-C, Bertino E, editors. Cloud Computing and Security: Second International Conference, ICCCS 2016, Nanjing, China, July 29-31, 2016, Revised Selected Papers, Part I. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 48–62.

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 the International Society of Sports Nutrition.

Blog post

1. Taub B. Caffeine Can Make Up For Lost Sleep, But Only For Two Nights [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/caffeine-can-make-up-for-lost-sleep-but-only-for-two-nights/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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. Recovery Act: USDA Should Include Broadband Program’s Impact in Annual Performance Reports. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014 Jun. Report No.: GAO-14-511.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Rhoads EP. Knowledge management practices in U.S. federal agencies: The catalyst for E-Government transformation [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2006.

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. Crow K. Battle Over a Pillar to Nobel Yields No Statue, No Peace. New York Times. 2001 May 13;147.

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 the International Society of Sports Nutrition
Abbreviation	J. Int. Soc. Sports Nutr.
ISSN (online)	1550-2783
Scope	Food Science Nutrition and Dietetics