How to format your references using the Ceramics International citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Ceramics International. 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

[1]

T. Siegfried, In praise of hard questions, Science 309 (2005) 76–77.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

O. Custance, S. Morita, Materials science. How to move an atom, Science 319 (2008) 1051–1052.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

D. Maiorano, J. Moreau, M. Méchali, XCDT1 is required for the assembly of pre-replicative complexes in Xenopus laevis, Nature 404 (2000) 622–625.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

M. Monné, L. Han, T. Schwend, S. Burendahl, L. Jovine, Crystal structure of the ZP-N domain of ZP3 reveals the core fold of animal egg coats, Nature 456 (2008) 653–657.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

G.B. Rodman, Why Cultural Studies?, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Oxford, UK, 2014.

An edited book

[1]

M.C. Galavotti, D. Dieks, W.J. Gonzalez, S. Hartmann, T. Uebel, M. Weber, eds., New Directions in the Philosophy of Science, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

B. Jiang, J. Li, B. Guo, Research on Simulation of Inter-satellite Link Based on the Navigating Constellation, in: R. Shen, W. Qian (Eds.), Proceedings of the 27th Conference of Spacecraft TT&C Technology in China: Wider Space for TT&C, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2015: pp. 37–47.

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 Ceramics International.

Blog post

[1]

K. Hamilton, Marine Parks And Fishery Management: What’s The Best Way To Protect Fish?, IFLScience (2016). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/marine-parks-and-fishery-management-whats-the-best-way-to-protect-fish/ (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, No Child Left Behind Act: Enhancements in the Department of Education’s Review Process Could Improve State Academic Assessments, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

S. Pahuja, Bandwidth feedback effects on retained movements in young and old adults, Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, 2013.

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]

B. Rothenberg, Murray, on a High, Raises His Sights, New York Times (2016) B13.

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	Ceramics International
Abbreviation	Ceram. Int.
ISSN (print)	0272-8842
Scope	Process Chemistry and Technology Ceramics and Composites Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Materials Chemistry Surfaces, Coatings and Films