How to format your references using the Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry citation style

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

Clery D (2015) Space physics. LISA Pathfinder tests spacetime sensor. Science 350:894–895

A journal article with 2 authors

Juliano C, Wessel G (2010) Developmental biology. Versatile germline genes. Science 329:640–641

A journal article with 3 authors

Elsner JB, Kossin JP, Jagger TH (2008) The increasing intensity of the strongest tropical cyclones. Nature 455:92–95

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Millar CB, Guy J, Sansom OJ, Selfridge J, MacDougall E, Hendrich B, Keightley PD, Bishop SM, Clarke AR, Bird A (2002) Enhanced CpG mutability and tumorigenesis in MBD4-deficient mice. Science 297:403–405

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Irene EA (2005) Electronic Materials Science. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Peltz G (2005) Computational Genetics and Genomics: Tools for Understanding Disease. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ

A chapter in an edited book

Privat M, Warner R (2011) Creating a Data Model. In: Warner R (ed) Pro Core Data for iOS: Data Access and Persistence Engine for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch. Apress, Berkeley, CA, pp 111–132

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 Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) Sneezing Flings Your Spit and Germs 200 Times Further Than Previously Thought. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/sneezing-flings-your-spit-and-germs-200-times-further-previously-thought/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (1997) Aviation Safety: FAA Has Begun Efforts to Make Data More Publicly Available. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Coyle M (2017) Pre-Service School Counselor’s Perception of Professional Identity Development During Internship. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University

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

Yee V (2014) Closing on Short Notice, Brooklyn Assisted-Living Home Angers Families. New York Times A20

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	Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry
Abbreviation	Anal. Bioanal. Chem.
ISSN (print)	1618-2642
ISSN (online)	1618-2650
Scope	Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry

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