How to format your references using the Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. 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

Hackney, D. D.: Biochemistry. Processive motor movement, Science, 316, 58–59, 2007.

A journal article with 2 authors

van Dokkum, P. G. and Conroy, C.: A substantial population of low-mass stars in luminous elliptical galaxies, Nature, 468, 940–942, 2010.

A journal article with 3 authors

Pocock, M. J. O., Evans, D. M., and Memmott, J.: The robustness and restoration of a network of ecological networks, Science, 335, 973–977, 2012.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Arpigny, C., Jehin, E., Manfroid, J., Hutsemékers, D., Schulz, R., Stüwe, J. A., Zucconi, J.-M., and Ilyin, I.: Anomalous nitrogen isotope ratio in comets, Science, 301, 1522–1524, 2003.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Durenard, E. A.: Professional Automated Trading, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2013.

An edited book

Köppl, C., Manley, G. A., Popper, A. N., and Fay, R. R. (Eds.): Insights from Comparative Hearing Research, Springer, New York, NY, XVI, 388 p. 98 illus., 56 illus. in color pp., 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Arnoldi, K.: The Monofixation Syndrome: New Considerations on Pathophysiology, in: Pediatric Ophthalmology, Neuro-Ophthalmology, Genetics: Strabismus - New Concepts in Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment, edited by: Lorenz, B. and Brodsky, M. C., Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 33–40, 2010.

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 Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics.

Blog post

Could Hurricane Patricia Be A Harbinger Of Storms In A Warming Climate? https://www.iflscience.com/environment/could-hurricane-patricia-be-harbinger-storms-warming-climate/, last access: 30 October 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

Government Accountability Office: Commercial Space Transportation: Industry Trends, Government Challenges, and International Competitiveness Issues, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Unison-Pace, W. J.: Investigating generational differences of perceived uncivilized behaviors between students and faculty in nursing education, Doctoral dissertation, Capella University, Minneapolis, MN, 2015.

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

McKINLEY, J. C., Jr: A Murder Trial in Which the Gunman Is Unknown, New York Times, 11th May, A24, 2017.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Hackney, 2007).
This sentence cites two references (van Dokkum and Conroy, 2010; Hackney, 2007).

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

Two authors: (van Dokkum and Conroy, 2010)
Three or more authors: (Arpigny et al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
Abbreviation	Atmos. Chem. Phys.
ISSN (print)	1680-7316
ISSN (online)	1680-7324
Scope	Atmospheric Science