How to format your references using the Arabian Journal of Mathematics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Arabian Journal of Mathematics. 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

Moczek, A.P.: Evolutionary biology: the origins of novelty. Nature. 473, 34–35 (2011)

A journal article with 2 authors

Rodrigues, A.R., Tabin, C.J.: Developmental biology. Deserts and waves in gene expression. Science. 340, 1181–1182 (2013)

A journal article with 3 authors

Wiedenheft, B., Sternberg, S.H., Doudna, J.A.: RNA-guided genetic silencing systems in bacteria and archaea. Nature. 482, 331–338 (2012)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Crooker, S.A., Furis, M., Lou, X., Adelmann, C., Smith, D.L., Palmstrøm, C.J., Crowell, P.A.: Imaging spin transport in lateral ferromagnet/semiconductor structures. Science. 309, 2191–2195 (2005)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pommier, S., Gravouil, A., Combescure, A., Moës, N.: Extended Finite Element Method for Crack Propagation. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ USA (2013)

An edited book

Dick, A.J.: Prison Vocational Education and Policy in the United States: A Critical Perspective on Evidence-Based Reform. Palgrave Macmillan US, New York, NY (2016)

A chapter in an edited book

Kamer, S., Atasoy, B.M.: Mechanisms of Resistance to Radiation. In: Haydaroglu, A. and Ozyigit, G. (eds.) Principles and Practice of Modern Radiotherapy Techniques in Breast Cancer. pp. 49–57. Springer, New York, NY (2013)

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 Arabian Journal of Mathematics.

Blog post

Andrew, E.: Scientists Reveal How A Zombifying Virus Manipulates Its Caterpillar Host, https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/scientists-reveal-how-zombifying-virus-manipulates-its-caterpillar-host/

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: State Department: Progress and Challenges in Addressing Management Issues. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2000)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Jernigan, M.B.: Use of uprooted invasive buffelgrass (Pennisetum ciliare ) parent plants as thatch to reduce progeny seedling emergence, (2013)

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

Kelly, M.: Newly Selected Chief of Staff Is Widely Known for Loyalty, (1992)

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	Arabian Journal of Mathematics
Abbreviation	Arab. J. Math.
ISSN (print)	2193-5343
ISSN (online)	2193-5351
Scope