How to format your references using the Advances in Simulation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Advances in Simulation. 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. Teich AH. Data for an election year. Science. 2000;289:1878b.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Peale SJ, Lee MH. A primordial origin of the Laplace relation among the Galilean satellites. Science. 2002;298:593–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Griffin BM, Schott J, Schink B. Nitrite, an electron donor for anoxygenic photosynthesis. Science. 2007;316:1870.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Ata S, Mizuno T, Nishizawa A, Subramaniam C, Futaba DN, Hata K. Influence of matching solubility parameter of polymer matrix and CNT on electrical conductivity of CNT/rubber composite. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7232.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Simpkins CA, Simpkins AM. Zen Meditation in Psychotherapy. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

1. Marshall CA, Nolan SJ, Newton DP, editors. Widening Participation, Higher Education and Non-Traditional Students: Supporting Transitions through Foundation Programmes. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Raines JK, Almeida JI. Pulse Volume Recording in the Diagnosis of Peripheral Vascular Disease. In: AbuRahma AF, Bergan JJ, editors. Noninvasive Peripheral Arterial Diagnosis. London: Springer; 2010. p. 39–46.

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 Advances in Simulation.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. NASA Tests Flying Saucer [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/take-spin-nasas-new-breakthrough-technology-low-density-supersonic-decelerator/

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. Medicare: Impact of Changing Transportation Policy for Portable Equipment Is Uncertain. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1998 May. Report No.: HEHS-98-82.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Meza J. A community outreach program for Latino immigrant families: Increasing service utilization [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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. Saulny S. Lawyer Faces New Charges Of Giving Support to Terrorist. New York Times. 2003 Nov 20;B9.

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	Advances in Simulation
Abbreviation	Adv. Simul.
ISSN (online)	2059-0628
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