{"id":24881,"date":"2026-07-28T11:04:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biolife-publisher.it\/iji\/?page_id=24881"},"modified":"2026-07-28T11:09:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-28T09:09:26","slug":"reference-formatting","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.biolife-publisher.it\/iji\/reference-formatting\/","title":{"rendered":"Reference Formatting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All authors are responsible for the accuracy of the citations provided in their work.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><strong style=\"text-align: justify;\">INDICATIONS FOR FORMATTING REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The references should be cited in the text by a number in round brackets () and listed at the end of the paper in numerical order.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>International Journal of Infection<\/em>\u00a0complies with the AMA (American Medical Society) style for citations:<\/p>\r\n<ol>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<div class=\"csl-right-inline\">Jay Widmer R, Lerman A. Endothelial dysfunction and cardiovascular disease. <i>Global Cardiology Science and Practice<\/i>. 2014;2014(3):43. doi:https:\/\/doi.org\/10.5339\/gcsp.2014.43<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\r\n<div class=\"csl-right-inline\">\r\n<p>Ingole PG, Chaudhery Mustansar Hussain. <em>Advances in Separation Sciences<\/em>. Elsevier; 2023.<\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the case of 6 authors or more, et al. should follow the 3rd author.<\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\"><strong>EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All manuscripts, and any correspondence regarding editorial matters, should be sent to the Editorial Department.<\/p>\r\n<p>e-mail: <strong><a href=\"mailto:iji@biolife-publisher.it\">iji@biolife-publisher.it<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All authors are responsible for the accuracy of the citations&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1035,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-24881","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Reference Formatting - International Journal of Infection<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Founded in 1987, BIOLIFE is an independent, academic publisher of innovative, high-quality content. 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