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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteDownload the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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]
Giles J. Think like a bee. Nature 2001;410:510–2.
A journal article with 2 authors
[1]
Greene CH, Pershing AJ. Oceans. Climate drives sea change. Science 2007;315:1084–5.
A journal article with 3 authors
[1]
Richardson JJ, Björnmalm M, Caruso F. Multilayer assembly. Technology-driven layer-by-layer assembly of nanofilms. Science 2015;348:aaa2491.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
[1]
Lindskog M, Svenningsson P, Pozzi L, Kim Y, Fienberg AA, Bibb JA, et al. Involvement of DARPP-32 phosphorylation in the stimulant action of caffeine. Nature 2002;418:774–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
[1]
Lieberman JA, Tasman A. Handbook of Psychiatric Drugs. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2006.
An edited book
[1]
Ames M. How Pop Culture Shapes the Stages of a Woman’s Life: From Toddlers-in-Tiaras to Cougars-on-the-Prowl. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016.
A chapter in an edited book
[1]
Peardon M. Monte Carlo Simulations of Lattice QCD. In: Bori~i A, Frommer A, Joó B, Kennedy A, Pendleton B, editors. QCD and Numerical Analysis III: Proceedings of the Third International Workshop on Numerical Analysis and Lattice QCD, Edinburgh June-July 2003, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005, p. 41–54.

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]
Hale T. Most Of Us Fit Into Four Personality Groups – Which One Are You? IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/most-of-us-fit-into-four-personality-groups-which-one-are-you/ (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. Information Technology: SBA Needs to Strengthen Oversight of Its Loan Management and Accounting System Modernization. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
[1]
Valley MT. Deciphering the function of granule cell interneurons in the mouse main olfactory bulb: Insights from adult neurogenesis and local-field potentials. Doctoral dissertation. Columbia University, 2010.

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]
Kelly M. Clinton Campaign Skirted Taxes, Report Says. New York Times 1993:19.

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 titleComposites Part A
AbbreviationCompos. Part A Appl. Sci. Manuf.
ISSN (print)1359-835X
ScopeMechanics of Materials
Ceramics and Composites

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