How to format your references using the Coatings citation style

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

Chawla, D.S. Badges of Distinction. Nature 2015, 526, 145–146.

A journal article with 2 authors

Page, J.; Ware, M. Perspective: Close the Knowledge Gap. Nature 2015, 525, S9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wang, F.; Lin, J.-S.; Liu, K. Steric Control of the Reaction of CH Stretch-Excited CHD3 with Chlorine Atom. Science 2011, 331, 900–903.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Bornstein, C.; Nevo, S.; Giladi, A.; Kadouri, N.; Pouzolles, M.; Gerbe, F.; David, E.; Machado, A.; Chuprin, A.; Tóth, B.; et al. Single-Cell Mapping of the Thymic Stroma Identifies IL-25-Producing Tuft Epithelial Cells. Nature 2018, 559, 622–626.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bajorski, P. Statistics for Imaging, Optics, and Photonics: Bajorski/Statistics for Imaging; Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2011; ISBN 9781118121955.

An edited book

Picot, A. The Internationalization of German Software-Based Companies: Sustainable Growth Strategies for Small and Medium-Sized Companies; Hess, T., Hörndlein, C., Kaltenecker, N., Jablonka, C., Schreiner, M., Werbik, A., Benlian, A., Neuburger, R., Gold, B., Eds.; Progress in IS; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2015; ISBN 9783319135472.

A chapter in an edited book

Al-Jayyousi, O.; Bergkamp, G. Water Management in the Jordan River Basin: Towards an Ecosystem Approach. In Management of Transboundary Rivers and Lakes; Varis, O., Biswas, A.K., Tortajada, C., Eds.; Water Resources Development and Management; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2008; pp. 105–121 ISBN 9783540749264.

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 Coatings.

Blog post

Fang, J. Why Diplodocus Moms Laid Surprisingly Small Eggs Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-diplodocus-moms-laid-surprisingly-small-eggs/ (accessed on 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 Public Transportation: Federal Role in Value Capture Strategies for Transit Is Limited, but Additional Guidance Could Help Clarify Policies; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2010;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Jackson, L.I. Empowering African American Youth Who Live in Foster Care: A Grant Proposal. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 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

Greenhouse, L. Justices Shield Medical Devices From Lawsuits. New York Times 2008, A1.

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	Coatings
ISSN (online)	2079-6412
Scope