How to format your references using the CEAS Space Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for CEAS Space Journal. 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

Reichhardt, T.: Internet star shoots for a rocket revolution. Nature. 438, 736–737 (2005)

A journal article with 2 authors

Lane, N., Martin, W.: The energetics of genome complexity. Nature. 467, 929–934 (2010)

A journal article with 3 authors

Miller, J.D., Scott, E.C., Okamoto, S.: Science communication. Public acceptance of evolution. Science. 313, 765–766 (2006)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Charras, G.T., Yarrow, J.C., Horton, M.A., Mahadevan, L., Mitchison, T.J.: Non-equilibration of hydrostatic pressure in blebbing cells. Nature. 435, 365–369 (2005)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

DiBattista, M.: Novel Characters. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK (2010)

An edited book

Marcus, A. ed: Design, User Experience, and Usability. User Experience Design for Diverse Interaction Platforms and Environments: Third International Conference, DUXU 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings, Part II. Springer International Publishing, Cham (2014)

A chapter in an edited book

Choi, Y., Thummadi, B.V., Lyytinen, K., Yoo, Y.: Analyzing Complex Design Processes: The Effects of Task Automation and Integration on Process Structure in Microprocessor Design. In: Helfert, M. and Donnellan, B. (eds.) Practical Aspects of Design Science: European Design Science Symposium, EDSS 2011, Leixlip, Ireland, October 14, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. pp. 38–49. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2012)

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 CEAS Space Journal.

Blog post

Andrew, E.: United Airlines will use Animal Poop to Power its Jets, https://www.iflscience.com/environment/united-airlines-will-use-animal-poop-power-its-jets/

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: Awarding and Implementing an Emergency School Aid Act Grant to the North End Concerned Citizens Community Council, Detroit, Michigan. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1974)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Chavez, G.: Creating Integrated, Inquiry Science Lessons Based on Early Childhood Science Activities, (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

Pilon, M.: For Some Players, Tax Ensures a Loss Even After a Win, (2013)

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	CEAS Space Journal
Abbreviation	CEAS Space J.
ISSN (print)	1868-2502
ISSN (online)	1868-2510
Scope	Space and Planetary Science Aerospace Engineering