How to format your references using the Applied Computing and Informatics citation style

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

[1]

G. Smith, Willard Boyle (1924-2011), Nature 474 (2011) 37.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

T.L. Richie, A. Saul, Progress and challenges for malaria vaccines, Nature 415 (2002) 694–701.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

W.-L. Jiang, H.-W. He, Z.-J. Yang, The angiotensinogen gene polymorphism is associated with heart failure among Asians, Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 4207.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

R.A. Dick, K.K. Zadrozny, C. Xu, F.K.M. Schur, T.D. Lyddon, C.L. Ricana, J.M. Wagner, J.R. Perilla, B.K. Ganser-Pornillos, M.C. Johnson, O. Pornillos, V.M. Vogt, Author Correction: Inositol phosphates are assembly co-factors for HIV-1, Nature 563 (2018) E22.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

S.N. Koch, S.M.F. Torres, D.C. Plumb, Canine and Feline Dermatology Drug Handbook, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,., West Sussex, UK, 2012.

An edited book

[1]

B. Forte, ed., Functional Equations and Inequalities, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

T.U. Daim, L. Honnappa, M. Murthy, C. Rusnac, C. Pornsatit, Technological Assessment of Emerging Technologies in Conversion of Municipal Solid Waste to Energy, in: T.U. Daim, J. Kim, I. Iskin, R. Abu Taha, K.C. van Blommestein (Eds.), Policies and Programs for Sustainable Energy Innovations: Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2015: pp. 83–105.

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 Computing and Informatics.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, Plants “Communicate” Using Molecular Language, IFLScience (2014). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/plants-communicate-using-molecular-language/ (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, Independent Auditor’s Report on Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Fiscal Year 2016 Excise Tax Distributions to the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and the Highway Trust Fund, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2016.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

R.M. Bannister, To What Extent Are the Grade Configurations of Middle/High Schools and High Schools Related to Student Engagement?, Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, 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]

J. Wagner, New Cure for Ailing Mets: Taking 2 Bases, New York Times (2017) B12.

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 Computing and Informatics
Abbreviation	Appl. Comput. Inform.
ISSN (print)	2210-8327
Scope