How to format your references using the Complex Analysis and its Synergies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Complex Analysis and its Synergies. 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

Bray, D.: Genomics. Molecular prodigality. Science. 299, 1189–1190 (2003)

A journal article with 2 authors

Jacob, L., Lum, L.: Deconstructing the hedgehog pathway in development and disease. Science. 318, 66–68 (2007)

A journal article with 3 authors

Sessa, P., Meconi, F., Han, S.: Double dissociation of neural responses supporting perceptual and cognitive components of social cognition: evidence from processing of others’ pain. Sci. Rep. 4, 7424 (2014)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Shi, G., Liu, J., Wang, C., Song, B., Tu, Y., Hu, J., Fang, H.: Ion enrichment on the hydrophobic carbon-based surface in aqueous salt solutions due to cation-π interactions. Sci. Rep. 3, 3436 (2013)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Moskowitz, H.R., Muñoz, A.M., Gacula, M.C., Jr.: Viewpoints and Controversies in Sensory Science and Consumer Product Testing. Food & Nutrition Press, Inc., Trumbull, Connecticut, USA (2008)

An edited book

Whitehorn, M.: Inside Relational Databases with Examples in Access. Springer, London (2007)

A chapter in an edited book

Pelacho, B., Mazo, M., Montori, S., Simon-Yarza, A.M., Gavira, J.J., Blanco-Prieto, M.J., Prósper, F.: Cardiac Regeneration with Stem Cells. In: Baharvand, H. and Aghdami, N. (eds.) Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy. pp. 65–112. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ (2013)

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 Complex Analysis and its Synergies.

Blog post

Andrew, E.: What Is Freshers’ Flu And What Can You Do About It?, https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/what-freshers-flu-and-what-can-you-do-about-it/

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: Air Force ADP: Logistics Systems Modernization Costs Continue to Increase. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1988)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Iniguez, D.: Mentoring through performing arts; A grant proposal for at risk youth in middle school, (2013)

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

Koblin, J.: ‘Today’ Host Discussing NBC Exit After Lewd Tape, (2016)

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	Complex Analysis and its Synergies
Abbreviation	Complex Anal. Its Synerg.
ISSN (online)	2197-120X
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