How to format your references using the Combinatorial Chemistry - an Online journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Combinatorial Chemistry - an Online journal. 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]

Lohmann KJ. Q&A: Animal behaviour: Magnetic-field perception. Nature 2010;464:1140–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Chesson P, Kuang JJ. The interaction between predation and competition. Nature 2008;456:235–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Muchnik L, Aral S, Taylor SJ. Social influence bias: a randomized experiment. Science 2013;341:647–51.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Myllykallio H, Lipowski G, Leduc D, Filee J, Forterre P, Liebl U. An alternative flavin-dependent mechanism for thymidylate synthesis. Science 2002;297:105–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Ramirez J. Accounting for Derivatives. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

[1]

Rovira Más F. Mechatronics and Intelligent Systems for Off-road Vehicles. London: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Chase JG, Le Compte AJ, Evans A, Ward L, Steel J, Tan CS, et al. Tight Glycemic Control in Intensive Care: From Engineering to Clinical Practice Change. In: Jobbágy Á, editor. 5th European Conference of the International Federation for Medical and Biological Engineering: 14–18 September 2011, Budapest, Hungary, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012, p. 11–4.

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 Combinatorial Chemistry - an Online journal.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Ebola Survivors Should Use Condoms Indefinitely. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/sex-not-safe-after-ebola-recovery/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Electronic Government: Performance Measures for Projects Aimed at Promoting Innovation and Transparency Can Be Improved. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Solano EA. Hindemith’s Sonata for Viola, ope 11, no.4 A compositional and historical perspective. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2012.

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]

Reynolds ML. Fingers Crossed Across Generations. 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	Combinatorial Chemistry - an Online journal
ISSN (print)	1464-3383
Scope