What does a Open Heart reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Open Heart looks like this: 1 Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication. 2021;12:145–62. doi: 10.1000/jsc.2021.145

How can I generate a Open Heart citation?

Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Open Heart as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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Open Heart citation examples

The same three sources formatted in Open Heart — a numeric style: sources are numbered in the order they are first cited, and in-text citations use those numbers:

Journal article: 1 Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication. 2021;12:145–62. doi: 10.1000/jsc.2021.145
Book: 2 Okafor A. The craft of research writing. 2nd ed. Cambridge: University Press 2019.
Website: 3 Larsen S. How peer review works. Open Science Digest. 2023. https://www.example.org/peer-review (accessed 10 January 2024)
In-text citation (for the journal article): [1]

About Open Heart

Citation style for Open Heart. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Open Heart: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Open Heart style. Common in: International.

Subject areas: medicine.

Formatting rules: Open Heart follows the formatting of BMJ, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Open Heart generator

Paste a DOI, a URL to a news article or webpage, or raw BibTeX into the box above. You can also search for a book by title or author and cite it by ISBN. Choose "Open Heart" in the style dropdown (it's pre-selected on this page), then click "Generate citation." Copy the result into your reference list or bibliography. You can edit the generated entry (e.g. fix a title or add a date) before copying.

Frequently asked questions about Open Heart

What is Open Heart?: Citation style for Open Heart. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Open Heart?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Open Heart style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Open Heart?: Open Heart is a numeric style: sources are numbered in the order they are first cited, and in-text citations use those numbers. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: [1]
What does a Open Heart reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Open Heart looks like this: 1 Rivera M, Chen D. The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice. Journal of Scholarly Communication. 2021;12:145–62. doi: 10.1000/jsc.2021.145
How can I generate a Open Heart citation?: Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Open Heart as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

CitationEasy supports many citation styles from around the world. Our generator uses Citation Style Language (CSL) styles from the official CSL repository.