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The Journal of Clinical Investigation Citation Generator
Generate references in The Journal of Clinical Investigation from a DOI or link in seconds. CitApp renders this style with citeproc, the same engine as Zotero and Mendeley, so every comma matches the spec. Free for students, no sign-up to try.
What The Journal of Clinical Investigation reference looks like
The Journal of Clinical Investigation is a numeric style: sources are cited with a bracketed or superscript number in the order they first appear, and the reference list is numbered to match.
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Journal article
1. Babonis LS, Martindale MQ. A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS. 2022;119(19):e2113701119.
Book
1. Kuhn TS. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. University of Chicago Press; 1970.
Web page
1. IPCC. Climate change 2021: the physical science basis [Internet]. 2021. https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/. Accessed July 15, 2026.
Journal article with 26 authors
1. Harris CR, et al. Array programming with NumPy. Nature. 2020;585(7825):357–362.
The Journal of Clinical Investigation at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in medicine.
- In the text, the first source is cited as (1).
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
- First names are shortened to initials.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages include the date you accessed them.
- The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
- The reference list uses double spacing.
- The style file was last updated in September 2023.
The guide this style follows: jci.org
How The Journal of Clinical Investigation compares with NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (citation-sequence, brackets)
Where The Journal of Clinical Investigation differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- The reference list is double-spaced, where NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (citation-sequence, brackets) is single-spaced.
The same journal article in NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (citation-sequence, brackets)
1. Babonis LS, Martindale MQ. A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS. 2022 May 3;119(19):e2113701119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2113701119
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does The Journal of Clinical Investigation list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
How does The Journal of Clinical Investigation handle DOIs and web pages?
The reference leaves the DOI out. Web pages include the date you accessed them.
How is the reference list ordered in The Journal of Clinical Investigation?
The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited. The reference list uses double spacing.
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