How to format your references using the Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation. 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

[1]

Pettitt C. Anthropology: One-man multidisciplinarian. Nature 2015;525:319–20.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

González J, Petrov D. Genetics. MITEs--the ultimate parasites. Science 2009;325:1352–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Diemand J, Moore B, Stadel J. Earth-mass dark-matter haloes as the first structures in the early Universe. Nature 2005;433:389–91.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Liu T, Zhang Y, Cai JW, Pan HY. Thermally robust Mo/CoFeB/MgO trilayers with strong perpendicular magnetic anisotropy. Sci Rep 2014;4:5895.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Maksoud MA. Quick Reference to Dental Implant Surgery. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Horiguchi S, Imoto Y, Poole GS, editors. Foreign Language Education in Japan: Exploring Qualitative Approaches. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ullah AA, Huque AS. Discrimination, Xenophobia and Stigmatization. In: Huque AS, editor. Asian Immigrants in North America with HIV/AIDS: Stigma, Vulnerabilities and Human Rights, Singapore: Springer; 2014, p. 81–110.

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 Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Camera Develops Pictures With Algorithms, Not Lenses. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/camera-develops-pictures-algorithms-not-lens/ (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. Genetically Engineered Crops: USDA Needs to Enhance Oversight and Better Understand Impacts of Unintended Mixing with Other Crops. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Megowan G. A correlation study of emotional intelligence and behavioral style of bio-pharmaceutical industry District Sales Managers. Doctoral dissertation. Pepperdine University, 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]

Brantley B. A Souped-Up Revival Roars in London. New York Times 2017:C5.

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	Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation
Abbreviation	Commun. Nonlinear Sci. Numer. Simul.
ISSN (print)	1007-5704
Scope	Applied Mathematics Modelling and Simulation Numerical Analysis