How to format your references using the Applied Composite Materials citation style

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

Celotti, A.: Astronomy. Life after death. Science. 321, 1164–1165 (2008)

A journal article with 2 authors

Siefermann, K.R., Abel, B.: Chemistry. Ion chemistry mediated by water networks. Science. 327, 280–281 (2010)

A journal article with 3 authors

Rozitis, B., MacLennan, E., Emery, J.P.: Cohesive forces prevent the rotational breakup of rubble-pile asteroid (29075) 1950 DA. Nature. 512, 174–176 (2014)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Kitov, P.I., Sadowska, J.M., Mulvey, G., Armstrong, G.D., Ling, H., Pannu, N.S., Read, R.J., Bundle, D.R.: Shiga-like toxins are neutralized by tailored multivalent carbohydrate ligands. Nature. 403, 669–672 (2000)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

O’Connor, D.: God, Evil, and Design. Blackwell Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK (2009)

An edited book

Azarnoosh, M., Zeraatpishe, M., Faravani, A., Kargozari, H.R. eds: Issues in Materials Development. SensePublishers, Rotterdam (2016)

A chapter in an edited book

Lumley, J.: Carotid Aneurysms. In: Lumley, J.S.P. and Hoballah, J.J. (eds.) Vascular Surgery. pp. 49–55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2009)

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 Composite Materials.

Blog post

Davis, J.: Fluffy Little Ducklings Are Capable Of Abstract Thoughts, https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/fluffy-little-ducklings-are-capable-of-abstract-thoughts/

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: Critical Infrastructure Protection: Progress Coordinating Government and Private Sector Efforts Varies by Sectors’ Characteristics. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2006)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Sprague, T.: Cultural perspectives among children of Guatemalan Maya immigrants in Lake Worth, Florida, (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

Grynbaum, M.M.: Right-Wing Provocateur Is Given More Fodder for His Conspiracies, (2017)

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	Applied Composite Materials
Abbreviation	Appl. Compos. Mater.
ISSN (print)	0929-189X
ISSN (online)	1573-4897
Scope	Ceramics and Composites