How to format your references using the Composite Structures citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Composite Structures. 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]

Lidin S. Imaging techniques. Mapping bond orientations with polarized x-rays. Science 2014;344:969–70.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Ryan RJH, Bernstein BE. Molecular biology. Genetic events that shape the cancer epigenome. Science 2012;336:1513–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Bastos-Aristizabal S, Kozlov G, Gehring K. Structure of the substrate-binding b’ domain of the Protein Disulfide Isomerase-Like protein of the Testis. Sci Rep 2014;4:4464.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Ilton M, Bhamla MS, Ma X, Cox SM, Fitchett LL, Kim Y, et al. The principles of cascading power limits in small, fast biological and engineered systems. Science 2018;360.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Chin W. Reservoir Engineering in Modern Oilfields. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Kolovos D, Wimmer M, editors. Theory and Practice of Model Transformations: 8th International Conference, ICMT 2015, Held as Part of STAF 2015, L’Aquila, Italy, July 20-21, 2015. Proceedings. vol. 9152. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ohbayashi M, Manzouri B, Morohoshi K, Fukuda K, Ono SJ. The Role of Histamine in Ocular Allergy. In: Thurmond RL, editor. Histamine in Inflammation, Boston, MA: Springer US; 2010, p. 43–52.

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 Composite Structures.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Top 10 Space Science Stories From 2014. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/space/top-10-space-science-stories-2014/ (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. Digests of Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, Vol. II, No. 5. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Pelayo AY. A program to increase health literacy for older Latino adults residing in La Habra, California: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2017.

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]

Hodara S. A Master of Metallurgy. New York Times 2015:WE10.

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	Composite Structures
Abbreviation	Compos. Struct.
ISSN (print)	0263-8223
Scope	Civil and Structural Engineering Ceramics and Composites