How to format your references using the The American Journal of Cardiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The American Journal of Cardiology. 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. Elliott T. Planetary science. Speed metal. Science 2014;344:1086–1087.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Friedman N, Schuldiner M. Genetics. The DNA damage road map. Science 2010;330:1327–1328.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Li C, Rieppel O, LaBarbera MC. A Triassic aquatic protorosaur with an extremely long neck. Science 2004;305:1931.

A journal article with 51 or more authors

1. Vigneron N, Stroobant V, Chapiro J, Ooms A, Degiovanni G, Morel S, Bruggen P van der, Boon T, Van den Eynde BJ. An antigenic peptide produced by peptide splicing in the proteasome. Science 2004;304:587–590.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Wolf RA. Atmospheric Pressure Plasma for Surface Modification. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Brunst H, Müller MS, Nagel WE, Resch MM eds. Tools for High Performance Computing 2011: Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Parallel Tools for High Performance Computing, September 2011, ZIH, Dresden. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Papamichos E, Papanicolopulos S-A, Larsen I. Mechanical Behaviour and Properties. In: Kourkoulis SK, ed. Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones: Applications in the Restoration of Ancient Monuments. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2006:71–92.

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 The American Journal of Cardiology.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. No Giant Leap For Mankind: Why We’ve Been Looking At Human Evolution In The Wrong Way. IFLScience 2016. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/no-giant-leap-for-mankind-why-weve-been-looking-at-human-evolution-in-the-wrong-way/. Accessed October 30, 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. Air Traffic Control: Surveillance Radar Request for the Cherry Capital Airport. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1998.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Fadamin A. Synthesis, Characterization and Electrochemistry of the Ruthenium Schiff Base Complex [(Saloph)Ru(NO)Cl]. 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

1. Murphy MJO. Weekend Entertainments from the Archives of The New York Times. New York Times. September 5, 2014:C30.

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	The American Journal of Cardiology
Abbreviation	Am. J. Cardiol.
ISSN (print)	0002-9149
ISSN (online)	1879-1913
Scope	Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine