How to format your references using the Composites Part A citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Composites Part A. 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]

Wadman M. Power vacuum expands as CDC director resigns. Nature 2002;415:946.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Camerer CF, Fehr E. When does “economic man” dominate social behavior? Science 2006;311:47–52.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Bonifacio P, Limongi M, Chieffi A. Astrophysics: How did the metals in a giant star originate? Nature 2003;422:834.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Esashi F, Christ N, Gannon J, Liu Y, Hunt T, Jasin M, et al. CDK-dependent phosphorylation of BRCA2 as a regulatory mechanism for recombinational repair. Nature 2005;434:598–604.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Zhao G. Reuse and Recycling of Lithium-Ion Power Batteries. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

El Sawy OA. Business Modelling in the Dynamic Digital Space: An Ecosystem Approach. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Boratyński A. The Central European Disjunctions in the Range of Norway Spruce. In: Tjoelker MG, Boratyński A, Bugała W, editors. Biology and Ecology of Norway Spruce, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2007, p. 37–47.

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 Composites Part A.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Could Deep Waters Save Coral Reefs? IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/could-deep-waters-save-coral-reefs/ (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. Transportation Security Administration: High-Level Attention Needed to Strengthen Acquisition Function. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Eutz RJ. The experiences of Recovery High School students: Using empirical phenomenology to garner knowledge. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University, 2014.

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]

Sisario B. The Pianist Behind Dylan’s Nobel Lecture. New York Times 2017:C2.

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	Composites Part A
Abbreviation	Compos. Part A Appl. Sci. Manuf.
ISSN (print)	1359-835X
Scope	Mechanics of Materials Ceramics and Composites