How to format your references using the Canadian Journal of Physics citation style

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

Boebinger GS. 2009. Physics. An abnormal normal state. Science. 323(5914): 590.

A journal article with 2 authors

Li D, Kaner RB. 2008. Materials science. Graphene-based materials. Science. 320(5880): 1170.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hays GC, Houghton JDR, Myers AE. 2004. Endangered species: Pan-Atlantic leatherback turtle movements. Nature. 429(6991): 522.

A journal article with 10 or more authors

Jung HY, Chun H, Park S, Kang S-H, Ahn CW, Kwon Y-K, Upmanyu M, Ajayan PM, Jung YJ. 2013. Liquid metal nanodroplet dynamics inside nanocontainers. Sci. Rep. 3: 2588.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Franssen J-M, Real PV. Fire Design of Steel Structures. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany. 2010.

An edited book

Herrero P, Panetto H, Meersman R, Dillon T. On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2012 Workshops: Confederated International Workshops: OTM Academy, Industry Case Studies Program, EI2N, INBAST, META4eS, OnToContent, ORM, SeDeS, SINCOM, and SOMOCO 2012, Rome, Italy, September 10-14, 2012. Proceedings. vol 7567 Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Bentivoglio M, Nygård M, Palomba M, Kristensson K. The Biological Clock in Inflammation and Sleep Switch Alterations Neuroimmunology of Sleep. S R Pandi-Perumal, D P Cardinali and G P Chrousos, ed. Springer US, Boston, MA. pp 87–96.

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 Canadian Journal of Physics.

Blog post

Carpineti A. 2017. Chameleon Supernova Hints At A Different Kind Of Stellar Explosion. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/chameleon-supernova-hints-at-a-different-kind-of-stellar-explosion/.

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. FCC: Development of Technical and Spectrum Requirements for Meeting Public Safety Agency Communication Requirements Through 2010, Establishment of Rules and Requirements for Priority Access Service. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. 1998.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Meyertholen AN. Blurring the lines: The invention of abstract in German literature since 1800. Doctoral dissertation Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.

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

Crow K. 2002. The Bunker, an Orphan, Finds a Temporary Home. New York Times. 144.

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	Canadian Journal of Physics
Abbreviation	Can. J. Phys.
ISSN (print)	0008-4204
ISSN (online)	1208-6045
Scope	General Physics and Astronomy