How to format your references using the Climate Research citation style

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

Kerr RA (2000) CLIMATE PREDICTION: Second Thoughts on Skill Of El Nino Predictions. Science 290:257–258.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rotenberg E, Yakir D (2010) Contribution of semi-arid forests to the climate system. Science 327:451–454.

A journal article with 3 authors

Rogina B, Helfand SL, Frankel S (2002) Longevity regulation by Drosophila Rpd3 deacetylase and caloric restriction. Science 298:1745.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Nakatsuka N, Yang K-A, Abendroth JM, Cheung KM, Xu X, Yang H, Zhao C, Zhu B, Rim YS, Yang Y, Weiss PS, Stojanović MN, Andrews AM (2018) Aptamer-field-effect transistors overcome Debye length limitations for small-molecule sensing. Science 362:319–324.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pardoe I (2006) Applied Regression Modeling. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Li FM (2005) CCD Image Sensors in Deep-Ultraviolet: Degradation Behavior and Damage Mechanisms. Nathan A (ed) Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

A chapter in an edited book

Lattimer B, Campbell T (2006) Fire Modelling of Composites. In: Fire Properties of Polymer Composite Materials. Solid Mechanics and Its Applications, Gibson AG (ed) Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, p 103–132

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 Climate Research.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015) Shell Can’t Afford To Wait Until 2050 To Adapt Its Business To Climate Change. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/shell-can-t-afford-wait-until-2050-adapt-its-business-climate-change/ (accessed 30 October 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

Government Accountability Office (2010) For-Profit Schools: Large Schools and Schools that Specialize in Healthcare Are More Likely to Rely Heavily on Federal Student Aid. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hall KE (2012) Transformational leadership practices of African-American ministers at predominantly African American Churches of Christ in Nashville, TN. Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA

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

Nir SM (2017) Fire’s Death Toll: ‘5 Amazing People Full of Life,’ the Oldest of Them 20. New York Times:A19.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Kerr 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Kerr 2000, Rotenberg & Yakir 2010).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Rotenberg & Yakir 2010)
Three authors: (Rogina et al. 2002)
99 or more authors: (Nakatsuka et al. 2018)

About the journal

Full journal title	Climate Research
Abbreviation	Clim. Res.
ISSN (print)	0936-577X
ISSN (online)	1616-1572
Scope	Atmospheric Science General Environmental Science Environmental Chemistry