How to format your references using the Cluster Computing citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cluster Computing. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Neier, R.: Chemistry. A two-catalyst photochemistry route to homochiral rings. Science. 344, 368–369 (2014)

A journal article with 2 authors

Zukor, K., He, Z.: Regenerative medicine: drawing breath after spinal injury. Nature. 475, 177–178 (2011)

A journal article with 3 authors

Tao, C., Cullen, W.G., Williams, E.D.: Visualizing the electron scattering force in nanostructures. Science. 328, 736–740 (2010)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Tian, J., Zhang, F., Cheng, J., Guo, S., Liu, P., Wang, H.: Antidepressant-like activity of adhyperforin, a novel constituent of Hypericum perforatum L. Sci. Rep. 4, 5632 (2014)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kobilinsky, L., Liotti, T.F., Oeser-Sweat, J.: DNA: Forensic and Legal Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (2004)

An edited book

Tran, L.-S.P., Pal, S. eds: Phytohormones: A Window to Metabolism, Signaling and Biotechnological Applications. Springer, New York, NY (2014)

A chapter in an edited book

Pesta, G.: Anaerobic Digestion of Organic Residues and Wastes. In: Oreopoulou, V. and Russ, W. (eds.) Utilization of By-Products and Treatment of Waste in the Food Industry. pp. 53–72. Springer US, Boston, MA (2007)

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 Cluster Computing.

Blog post

Carpineti, A.: Dark Energy Has Not Changed In Billions Of Years, https://www.iflscience.com/space/dark-energy-has-not-changed-billions-year/

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: Financial Management: NASA’s Decisions Are Based on Unreliable Systems Data and Reports. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1992)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kohl, J.L.: The association of critical thinking and participation in living and learning programs: Residential Honors compared to Civic /Social Leadership programs and non -participation in living and learning programs, (2009)

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

Conte, L.: Scouting Report, (2011)

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	Cluster Computing
Abbreviation	Cluster Comput.
ISSN (print)	1386-7857
ISSN (online)	1573-7543
Scope	Computer Networks and Communications Software