How to format your references using the Automated Experimentation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Automated Experimentation. 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. Rotblat J. ESSAYS ON SCIENCE AND SOCIETY: Taking Responsibility. Science. 2000;289:729.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Waldmann H, Cobbold S. Exploiting tolerance processes in transplantation. Science. 2004;305:209–12.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Hamlin JK, Wynn K, Bloom P. Social evaluation by preverbal infants. Nature. 2007;450:557–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Wang S, Li E, Porth I, Chen J-G, Mansfield SD, Douglas CJ. Regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis by poplar R2R3 MYB transcription factor PtrMYB152 in Arabidopsis. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5054.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. O’Gorman TW. Adaptive Tests of Significance Using Permutations of Residuals with R and SAS®. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Spirakis PG, Serna M, editors. Algorithms and Complexity: 8th International Conference, CIAC 2013, Barcelona, Spain, May 22-24, 2013. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Baeza I, De la Fuente M. The Role of Polyphenols in Menopause. In: Hollins Martin CJ, Watson RR, Preedy VR, editors. Nutrition and Diet in Menopause. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2013. p. 51–63.

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 Automated Experimentation.

Blog post

1. Hale T. Explore A Mystery Structure Found At A Stone Age Dump Through This 3D Model. IFLScience. 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/explore-a-mystery-structure-found-at-a-stone-age-dump-through-this-3d-model/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. Social Security: Measure of Telephone Service Accuracy Can Be Improved. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Prather MR. Pink, blues, blacks, and the Union Jack: Mod’s reinterpretation of Britishness, 1962-1964. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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. Gordon MR. U.S. Military Says It Shot Down Drone That Attacked American Allies in Syria. New York Times. 2017;:A10.

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	Automated Experimentation
ISSN (print)	1759-4499
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