How to format your references using the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering. 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

Triendl, R. 2001. “Limited opportunity.” Nature, 414 (6860): 8.

A journal article with 2 authors

Guerrero, I., and A. Ruiz i Altaba. 2003. “Development. Longing for ligand: hedgehog, patched, and cell death.” Science, 301 (5634): 774–776.

A journal article with 3 authors

Cosgaya, J. M., J. R. Chan, and E. M. Shooter. 2002. “The neurotrophin receptor p75NTR as a positive modulator of myelination.” Science, 298 (5596): 1245–1248.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Aebischer, N. J., S. E. Baker, P. J. Johnson, D. W. Macdonald, and J. C. Reynolds. 2003. “Ecology: Hunting and fox numbers in the United Kingdom.” Nature, 423 (6938): 400; discussion 400.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bowen, C. 2015. Children’s Speech Sound Disorders. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Manolopoulos, Y., J. Pokorný, and T. K. Sellis (Eds.). 2006. Advances in Databases and Information Systems: 10th East European Conference, ADBIS 2006, Thessaloniki, Greece, September 3-7, 2006. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Friedrich, P., and J. Rossato. 2016. “Culture for Organizational Learning in Turbulent Environments.” Competitive Strategies for Small and Medium Enterprises: Increasing Crisis Resilience, Agility and Innovation in Turbulent Times, K. North and G. Varvakis, eds., 45–76. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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 ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2015. “Japan Accepts Giant Robot Fight Challenge From America.” IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/japan-accepts-giant-robot-fight-challenge-america/.

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. 1992. NATO: A Changing Alliance Faces New Challenges. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Sammons, J. L. 2012. “Perceived benefits of and barriers to physical exercise in people with severe mental illness.” Doctoral dissertation. Long Beach, CA: California State University, Long Beach.

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

Gustines, G. G. 2009. “A Gallery Of Heroes, Up for Sale.” New York Times, November 17, 2009.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Triendl 2001).
This sentence cites two references (Guerrero and Ruiz i Altaba 2003; Triendl 2001).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Guerrero and Ruiz i Altaba 2003)
Three or more authors: (Aebischer et al. 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
Abbreviation	ASCE ASME J. Risk Uncertain. Eng. Syst. A Civ. Eng.
ISSN (online)	2376-7642
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