How to format your references using the Burns Open citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Burns Open. 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]

Hough SE. Journal club. A seismologist considers a new method of earthquake prediction. Nature 2009;457:767.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Minke B, Peters M. Cell biology. Rhodopsin as thermosensor? Science 2011;331:1272–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Hwang J, Timusk T, Gu GD. High-transition-temperature superconductivity in the absence of the magnetic-resonance mode. Nature 2004;427:714–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Yan N, Wang F, Zhong H, Li Y, Wang Y, Hu L, et al. Hollow porous SiO2 nanocubes towards high-performance anodes for lithium-ion batteries. Sci Rep 2013;3:1568.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Bailly P. Materials and Structures under Shock and Impact. Hoboken, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Zhou X, Yokota H, Deng K, Liu Q, editors. Database Systems for Advanced Applications: 14th International Conference, DASFAA 2009, Brisbane, Australia, April 21-23, 2009. Proceedings. vol. 5463. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Lagorio SL, Vizán H, Geuna SE. Geodynamical Setting for the Tholeiites of Misiones Province (North-eastern Argentina) in the Context of the PMP and the Alkaline Volcanism of Córdoba Province (Central Argentina). In: Vizán H, Geuna SE, editors. Early Cretaceous Volcanism in Central and Eastern Argentina During Gondwana Break-Up, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 129–35.

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 Burns Open.

Blog post

[1]

O`Callaghan J. Boeing Delays Launch Of Its New Manned Spacecraft To 2018. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/boeing-delays-launch-its-new-manned-spacecraft-2018/ (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. Aviation Security: TSA Has Strengthened Efforts to Plan for the Optimal Deployment of Checked Baggage Screening Systems, but Funding Uncertainties Remain. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Morgan TM. Do You See What I See? How Symbol Integration Facilitates Responsibility to Self and Culture. Doctoral dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute, 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]

Shpigel B. Commissioner Plays Down Back-and-Forth on Concussions in a Jets Forum. New York Times 2017:B9.

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	Burns Open
ISSN (print)	2468-9122
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