Skip to main content
LibApps staff login

Nutrition

A guide for finding quality information on food science and nutrition.

Journal Articles - AJCN Style

 

Examples for Journal articles - AJCN Style 

 

Click here to access American Journal of Clinical Nutrition (AJCN) Style Guide info.

 

Here are 3 examples of common journal articles references in AJCN Style.

 

1) Journal article with DOI:

     Author AA, Author, AA. Title of article. Journal title (abbreviated according to Index Medicus style) date;volume:pages.doi:

Example:

     Hamer M, Steptoe A. Prospective study of physical fitness, adiposity, and inflammatory markers in healthy middle-aged men and women. Am J Clin Nutr 2009;89:85-89. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2008.26779.

  (Index medicus journal abbreviations can be found at this link ftp://nlmpubs.nlm.nih.gov/online/journals/ljiweb.pdf. This index ceased publication in 2008)

 

2) Standard journal article: list all authors when 6 or fewer; when 7 or more, list only the first 3 and add "et al." Abbreviate journal titles according to Index Medicus style, which is used in MEDLINE citations.

     Author AA, Author AA, Author AA, Author AA. Title of article. Journal title (abbreviated according to Index Medicus) date;volume:pages.

Example: 

     Jeffery RW, Wing RR, Sherwood NE, Tate DF. Physical activity and weight loss: does prescribing higher physical activity goals improve outcome? Am J Clin Nutr 2003;78:684-9.

 

3) Corporate Author 

     Corporate author. Title. Journal Title date;volume:pages.
 
Example: 

     National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III) final report. Circulation 2002;106:3143–421.

The ASU Library acknowledges the twenty-three Native Nations that have inhabited this land for centuries. Arizona State University's four campuses are located in the Salt River Valley on ancestral territories of Indigenous peoples, including the Akimel O’odham (Pima) and Pee Posh (Maricopa) Indian Communities, whose care and keeping of these lands allows us to be here today. ASU Library acknowledges the sovereignty of these nations and seeks to foster an environment of success and possibility for Native American students and patrons. We are advocates for the incorporation of Indigenous knowledge systems and research methodologies within contemporary library practice. ASU Library welcomes members of the Akimel O’odham and Pee Posh, and all Native nations to the Library.