How to format your references using the Advanced Organic Chemistry Letters citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Advanced Organic Chemistry Letters. 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

G. Szpiro. Economics: Value judgements. Nature 2013, 500 (7464), 521–523.

A journal article with 2 authors

G.D. Gaiha, A.L. Brass. Immunology. The fiery side of HIV-induced T cell death. Science 2014, 343 (6169), 383–384.

A journal article with 3 authors

E.M. Davidson, R. Frothingham, R. Cook-Deegan. Science and security. Practical experiences in dual-use review. Science 2007, 316 (5830), 1432–1433.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Z.-Y. Zhou, Y. Li, D.-S. Ding, et al. Generation of light with controllable spatial patterns via the sum frequency in quasi-phase matching crystals. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 5650.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

J. Liu, X. Dong, X. Chen, et al. Fault Location and Service Restoration for Electrical Distribution Systems; John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd, Singapore, 2016.

An edited book

T.W. Berger. Brain-Computer Interfaces: An International Assessment of Research and Development Trends; Chapin, J. K., Gerhardt, G. A., McFarland, D. J., Principe, J. C., Soussou, W. V., Taylor, D. M., Tresco, P. A., Eds.; Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

T.T. Teng, L.W. Low. Removal of Dyes and Pigments from Industrial Effluents. In Advances in Water Treatment and Pollution Prevention; Sharma, S. K., Sanghi, R., Eds.; Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2012; pp 65–93.

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 Organic Chemistry Letters.

Blog post

E. Andrew. Want To Boost Vaccination? Don’t Punish Parents, Build Their Trust https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/want-boost-vaccination-don-t-punish-parents-build-their-trust/ (accessed Oct 30, 2018).

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. Major Science and Technology Issues; PAD-81-35; U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1981.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

M.C. Schliebe. Impact of the red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii ) on benthic community structure in southern California wetlands. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 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

G.G. Gustines. Murphy Anderson, 89, Longtime DC Comics Artist. New York Times. October 30, 2015, p B10.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Organic Chemistry Letters
ISSN (print)	2348-1889
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