How to format your references using the Colloid and Interface Science Communications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Colloid and Interface Science Communications. 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

[1]

C. Fine, Neuroscience. His brain, her brain?, Science 346 (2014) 915–916.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

S. Shao, R.S. Hegde, Cell Biology. Local synthesis and disposal, Science 346 (2014) 701–702.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

J.P. Walsh, C. Cho, W.M. Cohen, Science and law. View from the bench: patents and material transfers, Science 309 (2005) 2002–2003.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

C. Ozsoy-Keskinbora, C.B. Boothroyd, R.E. Dunin-Borkowski, P.A. van Aken, C.T. Koch, Hybridization approach to in-line and off-axis (electron) holography for superior resolution and phase sensitivity, Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 7020.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

C.A. Whitcomb, L.E. Whitcomb, Effective Interpersonal and Team Communication Skills for Engineers, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2013.

An edited book

[1]

F.E. Caroleo, F. Pastore, eds., The Labour Market Impact of the EU Enlargement: A New Regional Geography of Europe?, Physica-Verlag HD, Heidelberg, 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

G. Aucher, A. Herzig, Exploring the Power of Converse Events, in: P. Girard, O. Roy, M. Marion (Eds.), Dynamic Formal Epistemology, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2011: pp. 51–74.

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 Colloid and Interface Science Communications.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, Interbreeding Among Early Hominins, IFLScience (2013).

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, Stafford Student Loans: Prompt Payment of Origination Fees Could Reduce Costs, 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

[1]

W.F. Krauss, The role of a middle management team during a directed restructuring: A case study of a government agency using Stones’ strong structuration, Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, 2010.

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]

J.H. Davis, K. Kelly, Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States and Business, New York Times (2017) A18.

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	Colloid and Interface Science Communications
Abbreviation	Colloids Interface Sci. Commun.
ISSN (print)	2215-0382
Scope	Biotechnology Colloid and Surface Chemistry Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Materials Chemistry Surfaces, Coatings and Films