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

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

Smaglik P. Thinking big. Nature 2004;428:873.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Bedalov A, Simon JA. Neuroscience. NAD to the rescue. Science 2004;305:954–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Changela A, DiGate RJ, Mondragón A. Crystal structure of a complex of a type IA DNA topoisomerase with a single-stranded DNA molecule. Nature 2001;411:1077–81.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Changela A, Chen K, Xue Y, Holschen J, Outten CE, O’Halloran TV, et al. Molecular basis of metal-ion selectivity and zeptomolar sensitivity by CueR. Science 2003;301:1383–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Callahan KR, Stetz GS, Brooks LM. Project Management Accounting. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Lucking SE, Maffei FA, Tamburro RF, Thomas NJ, editors. Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide: Text and Review. London: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Pendyala S, Katkoori S. Interval Arithmetic and Self Similarity Based Subthreshold Leakage Optimization in RTL Datapaths. In: Claesen L, Sanz-Pascual M-T, Reis R, Sarmiento-Reyes A, editors. VLSI-SoC: Internet of Things Foundations: 22nd IFIP WG 10.5/IEEE International Conference on Very Large Scale Integration, VLSI-SoC 2014, Playa del Carmen, Mexico, October 6-8, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015, p. 75–94.

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 B.

Blog post

[1]

Evans K. Coral Fish Are Less Stressed When They Find Their Shoal Mates. IFLScience 2016.

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. Budget Reimbursements: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Reimbursable Work. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

D’Ambrosio JL. Perspectives on the Geomorphic Evolution and Ecology of Modified Channels and Two-Stage Ditches in the Agriculturally-Dominated Midwestern United States. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, 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

[1]

Clarey C. American Contingent’s Strength Is in Numbers, and Youth. New York Times 2017:B9.

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 B
Abbreviation	Compos. B Eng.
ISSN (print)	1359-8368
Scope	Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials Ceramics and Composites