How to format your references using the 3D Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for 3D Research. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles 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

Bizzarro, M. (2014). Planetary science. Probing the solar system’s prenatal history. Science (New York, N.Y.), 345(6197), 620–621.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kopec, C., & Malinow, R. (2006). Neuroscience. Matters of size. Science (New York, N.Y.), 314(5805), 1554–1555.

A journal article with 3 authors

Liu, W., Pellegrini, M., & Wang, X. (2014). Detecting communities based on network topology. Scientific reports, 4, 5739.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Kosfeld, M., Heinrichs, M., Zak, P. J., Fischbacher, U., & Fehr, E. (2005). Oxytocin increases trust in humans. Nature, 435(7042), 673–676.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Chin, E., Nel, D., & Ólafsson, S. (2014). Problems and Solutions in Mathematical Finance. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Moret, S. (2014). Il campione per l’analisi chimica: Tecniche innovative e applicazioni nei settori agroalimentare e ambientale. (G. Purcaro & L. S. Conte, Eds.). Milano: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Iwata, H., & Shimada, K. (2013). Sensory Properties of Cosmetics. In K. Shimada (Ed.), Formulas, Ingredients and Production of Cosmetics: Technology of Skin- and Hair-Care Products in Japan (pp. 103–110). Tokyo: Springer Japan.

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 3D Research.

Blog post

Fang, J. (2015, September 4). Seabirds Feast On Seafood Buffet Thanks To Jellyfish Blooms. IFLScience. IFLScience. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/seabirds-feast-seafood-buffet-thanks-jellyfish-blooms/

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

Government Accountability Office. (2010). Social Security Administration: Cases of Federal Employees and Transportation Drivers and Owners Who Fraudulently and/or Improperly Received SSA Benefits (No. GAO-10-949T). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hardiman, B. S. (2012). Resilience of Forest Carbon Storage through Disturbance and Succession (Doctoral dissertation). Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

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

Marshall, L. (2011, October 16). From Granny’s Store to G.M. New York Times, p. BU9.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	3D Research
Abbreviation	3D Res.
ISSN (online)	2092-6731
Scope