How to format your references using the Applied Mathematics and Computation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Applied Mathematics and Computation. 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]

D. Rowe, Sustainability. Education for a sustainable future, Science 317 (2007) 323–324.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Y. Sun, C. Cao, Research Funding. Demystifying central government R&D spending in China, Science 345 (2014) 1006–1008.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

T. Maier, M. Leibundgut, N. Ban, The crystal structure of a mammalian fatty acid synthase, Science 321 (2008) 1315–1322.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

V. Corset, K.T. Nguyen-Ba-Charvet, C. Forcet, E. Moyse, A. Chédotal, P. Mehlen, Netrin-1-mediated axon outgrowth and cAMP production requires interaction with adenosine A2b receptor, Nature 407 (2000) 747–750.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

R. Gianni, Responsibility and Freedom, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2016.

An edited book

[1]

A. Picot, The Internationalization of German Software-based Companies: Sustainable Growth Strategies for Small and Medium-sized Companies, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

A.J. Fletcher, M.J. Kennedy, X.B. Zhao, J.B. Bell, K.M. Thomas, Adsorption of Organic Vapour Pollutants on Activated Carbon, in: J.P. Mota, S. Lyubchik (Eds.), Recent Advances in Adsorption Processes for Environmental Protection and Security, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2008: pp. 29–54.

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 Mathematics and Computation.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, New Polio Cases In Ukraine And Mali Don’t Mean The Vaccine Is Failing, IFLScience (2015). https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-polio-cases-ukraine-and-mali-don-t-mean-vaccine-failing/ (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, Strategic Mobility: Late Deliveries of Large, Medium Speed Roll-On/Roll-Off Ships, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1997.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

C. Edson, A Mixed-Methods Investigation on Contributing Factors to the Political Efficacy of Eighth Grade Students in a Suburban School District in Missouri, Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood 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]

M. Schwirtz, Two Ex-Correction Officials Deny Clearing Trips to Maine, New York Times (2017) A19.

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 Mathematics and Computation
Abbreviation	Appl. Math. Comput.
ISSN (print)	0096-3003
Scope	Applied Mathematics Computational Mathematics