How to format your references using the Algal Research citation style

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

C.M. Cale, Forensic DNA evidence is not infallible, Nature. 526 (2015) 611.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

B.M. Zid, E.K. O’Shea, Promoter sequences direct cytoplasmic localization and translation of mRNAs during starvation in yeast, Nature. 514 (2014) 117–121.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

J. Luo, L. Shen, D. Zheng, Diagnostic value of circulating free DNA for the detection of EGFR mutation status in NSCLC: a systematic review and meta-analysis, Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 6269.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

P.Y. Huang, C.S. Ruiz-Vargas, A.M. van der Zande, W.S. Whitney, M.P. Levendorf, J.W. Kevek, S. Garg, J.S. Alden, C.J. Hustedt, Y. Zhu, J. Park, P.L. McEuen, D.A. Muller, Grains and grain boundaries in single-layer graphene atomic patchwork quilts, Nature. 469 (2011) 389–392.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

P. Jarry, J. Beneat, Advanced Design Techniques and Realizations of Microwave and RF Filters, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2007.

An edited book

[1]

J.A. Pineda, ed., Mirror Neuron Systems: The Role of Mirroring Processes in Social Cognition, Humana Press, Totowa, NJ, 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

N. Mamalis, S.R. Fuller, Noninfectious Inflammation in Cataract Surgery, in: U. Pleyer, J.L. Alió, T. Barisani-Asenbauer, P. Le Hoang, N.A. Rao (Eds.), Immune Modulation and Anti-Inflammatory Therapy in Ocular Disorders: IOIS Guidelines, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014: pp. 63–73.

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 Algal Research.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, Iranian Becomes First Woman To Ever Win The “Nobel Prize” Of Mathematics, IFLScience. (2014). https://www.iflscience.com/technology/iranian-becomes-first-woman-ever-win-nobel-prize-mathematics/ (accessed October 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office, Large Truck Safety: Federal Enforcement Efforts Have Been Stronger Since 2000, but Oversight of State Grants Needs Improvement, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

L. Li, Internal conflicts through external design: Costuming the contradictions in “The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer,” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, 2012.

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]

M. Pilon, I.O.C. Opens Inquiry Into Resale Of Tickets, New York Times. (2012) D7.

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	Algal Research
Abbreviation	Algal Res.
ISSN (print)	2211-9264
Scope	Agronomy and Crop Science