How to format your references using the Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Advanced Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences. 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

1. Alerstam T. Conflicting evidence about long-distance animal navigation. Science. 2006;313:791–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. King DA, Thomas SM. Science and government. Taking science out of the box--foresight recast. Science. 2007;316:1701–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Huang X, Hansen N, Tsuji N. Hardening by annealing and softening by deformation in nanostructured metals. Science. 2006;312:249–51.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Baumberger F, Auwärter W, Greber T, Osterwalder J. Electron coherence in a melting lead monolayer. Science. 2004;306:2221–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Dorronsoro B, Ruiz P, Danoy G, Pigné Y, Bouvry P. Evolutionary Algorithms for Mobile Ad Hoc Networks. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

1. Rudolph G. Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics: Part I. Manifolds, Lie Groups and Hamiltonian Systems. Schmidt M, editor. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Ainsworth SA, Taxman FS. Creating Simulation Parameter Inputs with Existing Data Sources: Estimating Offender Risks, Needs, and Recidivism. In: Taxman FS, Pattavina A, editors. Simulation Strategies to Reduce Recidivism: Risk Need Responsivity (RNR) Modeling for the Criminal Justice System. New York, NY: Springer; 2013. p. 115–42.

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 Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Kepler Telescope Back With New Exoplanet Discovery. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014.

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. Aviation Safety: Advancements Being Pursued to Improve Airliner Cabin Occupant Safety and Health. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Oct. Report No.: GAO-04-33.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Mitchell JE. Job satisfaction and burnout among foreign -trained nurses in Saudi Arabia: A mixed-method study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2009.

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. Kishkovsky S. Major Russian TV Station Is Accused of Censorship. New York Times. 2006 Jan 2;C3.

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 Modeling and Simulation in Engineering Sciences
Abbreviation	Adv. Model. Simul. Eng. Sci.
ISSN (online)	2213-7467
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