How to format your references using the Cognitive Systems Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cognitive Systems 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

Azoulay, P. (2012). Research efficiency: Turn the scientific method on ourselves. Nature, 484(7392), 31–32.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ostriker, J. P., & Steinhardt, P. (2003). New light on dark matter. Science (New York, N.Y.), 300(5627), 1909–1913.

A journal article with 3 authors

Luhmann, H. J., Kirischuk, S., & Kilb, W. (2014). Comment on “Local impermeant anions establish the neuronal chloride concentration.” Science (New York, N.Y.), 345(6201), 1130.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Van de Velde, W., Zehirov, G., Szatmari, A., Debreczeny, M., Ishihara, H., Kevei, Z., Farkas, A., Mikulass, K., Nagy, A., Tiricz, H., Satiat-Jeunemaître, B., Alunni, B., Bourge, M., Kucho, K.-I., Abe, M., Kereszt, A., Maroti, G., Uchiumi, T., Kondorosi, E., & Mergaert, P. (2010). Plant peptides govern terminal differentiation of bacteria in symbiosis. Science (New York, N.Y.), 327(5969), 1122–1126.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Reason, B., Løvlie, L., & Brand Flu, M. (2015). Service Design for Business. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Uetrecht, J. (Ed.). (2010). Adverse Drug Reactions (Vol. 196). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Grim, K. D., & Rosen, T. (2013). Inflammatory Disorders with Unique Clinical Features. In A. F. Alexis & V. H. Barbosa (Eds.), Skin of Color: A Practical Guide to Dermatologic Diagnosis and Treatment (pp. 45–90). Springer.

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 Cognitive Systems Research.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, February 20). WHO Approves 15-Minute Ebola Test. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/who-approves-15-minute-ebola-test/

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. (1996). Motor Vehicle Safety: Comprehensive State Programs Offer Best Opportunity for Increasing Use of Safety Belts (RCED-96-24). U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ladendorff, M. Z. (2014). The effect of North American Electric Reliability Corporation critical infrastructure protection standards on bulk electric system reliability [Doctoral dissertation]. Capella University.

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

Crow, K. (2003, January 19). For Seventh Street, a Love Letter on Film. New York Times, 146.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Azoulay, 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Azoulay, 2012; Ostriker & Steinhardt, 2003).

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

Two authors: (Ostriker & Steinhardt, 2003)
Three authors: (Luhmann et al., 2014)
6 or more authors: (Van de Velde et al., 2010)

About the journal

Full journal title	Cognitive Systems Research
Abbreviation	Cogn. Syst. Res.
ISSN (print)	1389-0417
Scope	Artificial Intelligence Cognitive Neuroscience Experimental and Cognitive Psychology