How to format your references using the Aerospace citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Aerospace. 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

Ellsworth, W.L. Injection-Induced Earthquakes. Science 2013, 341, 1225942.

A journal article with 2 authors

Irwing, P.; Lynn, R. Intelligence: Is There a Sex Difference in IQ Scores? Nature 2006, 442, E1; discussion E1-2.

A journal article with 3 authors

Turvey, S.T.; Green, O.R.; Holdaway, R.N. Cortical Growth Marks Reveal Extended Juvenile Development in New Zealand Moa. Nature 2005, 435, 940–943.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Rugar, D.; Budakian, R.; Mamin, H.J.; Chui, B.W. Single Spin Detection by Magnetic Resonance Force Microscopy. Nature 2004, 430, 329–332.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Daïan, J.-F. Equilibrium and Transfer in Porous Media 1; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, 2014; ISBN 9781118908884.

An edited book

Wireless Sensor Networks for Developing Countries: First International Conference, WSN4DC, Jamshoro, Pakistan, April 24-26, 2013, Revised Selected Papers; Shaikh, F.K., Chowdhry, B.S., Ammari, H.M., Uqaili, M.A., Shah, A., Eds.; Communications in Computer and Information Science; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013; Vol. 366; ISBN 9783642410536.

A chapter in an edited book

Parry, L.J.; Vodstrcil, L.A. Relaxin Physiology in the Female Reproductive Tract during Pregnancy. In Relaxin and Related Peptides; Agoulnik, A.I., Ed.; Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology; Springer: New York, NY, 2007; pp. 34–48 ISBN 9780387746708.

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 Aerospace.

Blog post

Andrew, D. We’ve Found A New Family Of Stars In The Milky Way That Could Help Us Work Out How Galaxies Formed Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/space/weve-found-a-new-family-of-stars-in-the-milky-way-that-could-help-us-work-out-how-galaxies-formed/ (accessed on 30 October 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 Information Technology: Census Bureau Testing of 2010 Decennial Systems Can Be Strengthened; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2009;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Augspurger, B.A. Teacher Perceptions of Effective School Leadership Using Twenty-First Century Skills and Knowledge. Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood University: St. Charles, MO, 2014.

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

Pear, R.; Pilon, M. Auto Racetrack Owners Keep Coveted Tax Break. New York Times 2013, A13.

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	Aerospace
ISSN (online)	2226-4310
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