How to format your references using the Applied Acoustics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Applied Acoustics. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

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Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.
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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]
Kleiner R. Applied physics. Filling the terahertz gap. Science 2007;318:1254–5.
A journal article with 2 authors
[1]
Ingolia NT, Murray AW. Signal transduction. History matters. Science 2002;297:948–9.
A journal article with 3 authors
[1]
Cuello LG, Cortes DM, Perozo E. Molecular architecture of the KvAP voltage-dependent K+ channel in a lipid bilayer. Science 2004;306:491–5.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
[1]
Kim M, Bertram M, Pollmann M, von Oertzen A, Mikhailov AS, Rotermund HH, et al. Controlling chemical turbulence by global delayed feedback: pattern formation in catalytic CO oxidation on Pt(110). Science 2001;292:1357–60.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
[1]
O’Connor K, Aardema F, Pélissier M-C. Beyond Reasonable Doubt. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2006.
An edited book
[1]
Chattopadhyay A. Language-driven Exploration and Implementation of Partially Re-configurable ASIPs. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009.
A chapter in an edited book
[1]
Sadeghi N, Fletcher PT, Prastawa M, Gilmore JH, Gerig G. Subject-Specific Prediction Using Nonlinear Population Modeling: Application to Early Brain Maturation from DTI. In: Golland P, Hata N, Barillot C, Hornegger J, Howe R, editors. Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention – MICCAI 2014: 17th International Conference, Boston, MA, USA, September 14-18, 2014, Proceedings, Part III, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014, p. 33–40.

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 Applied Acoustics.

Blog post
[1]
Hamilton K. More Than Half The World’s Most Important Natural Sites Are Under Threat: It’s Time To Protect Them. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/more-than-half-the-worlds-most-important-natural-sites-are-under-threat-its-time-to-protect-them/ (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. International Aviation: DOT Needs More Information to Address U.S. Airlines’ Problems in Doing Business Abroad. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
[1]
Umstead HG. Determining the Value of Outdoor Adventure Education for Educational Leaders. Doctoral dissertation. University of Louisiana, 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
[1]
Dorman JL. Art Deco Comfort by the French Quarter. New York Times 2017:TR4.

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 titleApplied Acoustics
AbbreviationAppl. Acoust.
ISSN (print)0003-682X
ScopeAcoustics and Ultrasonics

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