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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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]

Parks JE 2nd. Chemistry. Less costly catalysts for controlling engine emissions. Science 2010;327:1584–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Yan ZB, Liu J-M. Coexistence of high performance resistance and capacitance memory based on multilayered metal-oxide structures. Sci Rep 2013;3:2482.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Vielle-Calzada JP, Baskar R, Grossniklaus U. Delayed activation of the paternal genome during seed development. Nature 2000;404:91–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Boukai AI, Bunimovich Y, Tahir-Kheli J, Yu J-K, Goddard WA 3rd, Heath JR. Silicon nanowires as efficient thermoelectric materials. Nature 2008;451:168–71.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Memming R. Semiconductor Electrochemistry. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2015.

An edited book

[1]

Chen Y-W, Torro C, Tanaka S, Howlett RJ, C. Jain L, editors. Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2015. vol. 45. 1st ed. 2015. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Spaeth S, Hausberg P. Can Open Source Hardware Disrupt Manufacturing Industries? The Role of Platforms and Trust in the Rise of 3D Printing. In: Ferdinand J-P, Petschow U, Dickel S, editors. The Decentralized and Networked Future of Value Creation: 3D Printing and its Implications for Society, Industry, and Sustainable Development, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 59–73.

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]

Andrew E. Doctors Bow After 11-Year-Old Brain Tumor Patient Donates Organs. IFLScience 2014.

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. Space Acquisitions: GAO Assessment of DOD Responsive Launch Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Ruettgers MM. A Content Analysis to Investigate the Evidence of 21st Century Knowledge and Skills within Elementary Teacher Education Programs in the United States. Doctoral dissertation. Lindenwood 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]

Blecher G. Bound to a Place, Despite Life’s Thorns. New York Times 2013:D6.

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