How to format your references using the Advanced Composite Materials citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Advanced Composite Materials. 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	Download the output style file
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

[1]

Beltrami H. Paleoclimate. Earth’s long-term memory. Science. 2002;297:206–207.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Mayer AL, Khalyani AH. Ecology. Grass trumps trees with fire. Science. 2011;334:188–189.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Fan Y, Yu D, Yao Y-G. Tree shrew database (TreeshrewDB): a genomic knowledge base for the Chinese tree shrew. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7145.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Suga H, Kadoshima T, Minaguchi M, et al. Self-formation of functional adenohypophysis in three-dimensional culture. Nature. 2011;480:57–62.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Müller B, Van de Voorde M. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology for Human Health. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Goldwyn AJ, Silverman RM, editors. Mediterranean Modernism: Intercultural Exchange and Aesthetic Development. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Huo WM, Panesi M, Magin TE. Ionization Phenomena behind Shock Waves. In: Brun R, editor. High Temperature Phenomena in Shock Waves. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 149–192.

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 Advanced Composite Materials.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. Archeologists Unearth The Gate Of An Ancient Biblical City [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/archaeologists-unearth-entrance-gate-and-fortifications-biblical-city-gath/.

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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Financial Management Systems: HHS Faces Many Challenges in Implementing Its Unified Financial Management System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004. Report No.: GAO-04-1089T. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Howard JT. Transracial adoption psychoeducational services for potential adoptive parents: A grant proposal [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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

[1]

Kwai I. Citizenship Costs Senator In Australia Her Position. New York Times. 2017 Jul 18;A6.

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	Advanced Composite Materials
Abbreviation	Adv. Compos. Mater.
ISSN (print)	0924-3046
ISSN (online)	1568-5519
Scope	Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials Ceramics and Composites