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]

Winzeler EA. Malaria research in the post-genomic era. Nature. 2008;455(7214):751–756.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Clark JS, McLachlan JS. Stability of forest biodiversity. Nature. 2003;423(6940):635–638.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Long SB, Campbell EB, Mackinnon R. Crystal structure of a mammalian voltage-dependent Shaker family K+ channel. Science. 2005;309(5736):897–903.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Furlong EE, Andersen EC, Null B, et al. Patterns of gene expression during Drosophila mesoderm development. Science. 2001;293(5535):1629–1633.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Etube LS. Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of Offshore Structures. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2000.

An edited book

[1]

Luján HD, Svärd S, editors. Giardia: A Model Organism. Vienna: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Hundhausen CD. Evaluating Visualization Environments: Cognitive, Social, and Cultural Perspectives. In: Huang W, editor. Handbook of Human Centric Visualization. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. p. 115–145.

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]

Hamilton K. 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Black Holes [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/10-facts-you-may-not-know-about-black-holes/.

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. Airline Competition: Fares and Concentration at Small-City Airports. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991. Report No.: RCED-91-51. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Macy P. Underachievement in Gifted Students: Understanding Perceptions of Educational Experiences, Attitudes Toward School, and Teacher Training [Doctoral dissertation]. [ St. Charles, MO]: Lindenwood University; 2017.

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]

Leland J. Loft Life: Music, Stretching and Leftovers. New York Times. 2016 Oct 14;MB2.

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