How to format your references using the Computer Architecture Letters citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Computer Architecture Letters. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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]

E. J. Steig, “Paleoclimate. No two latitudes alike,” Science, vol. 293, no. 5537, pp. 2015–2016, Sep. 2001.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

S. C. Kinnamon and S. D. Reynolds, “Cell biology. Using taste to clear the air(ways),” Science, vol. 325, no. 5944, pp. 1081–1082, Aug. 2009.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

H. Liu, J. Gao, and J. Zhao, “From boron cluster to two-dimensional boron sheet on Cu(111) surface: growth mechanism and hole formation,” Sci. Rep., vol. 3, p. 3238, Nov. 2013.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

L. He et al., “Spongiform degeneration in mahoganoid mutant mice,” Science, vol. 299, no. 5607, pp. 710–712, Jan. 2003.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

H. Mazar Madjar, Radio Spectrum Management. Chichester, UK: John Wiley &;#38; Sons, Ltd, 2016.

An edited book

[1]

P. M. Pardalos and T. M. Rassias, Eds., Essays in Mathematics and its Applications: In Honor of Stephen Smale´s 80th Birthday. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

P. Vincelli, “Technology Transfer in Extension: Experience in the United States of America,” in Knowledge and Technology Transfer for Plant Pathology, N. Hardwick and M. L. Gullino, Eds., Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2010, pp. 55–58.

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 Computer Architecture Letters.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, “Fossilized Plants Describe Evolution of Prehistoric Ecosystems,” IFLScience.

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, “Charter Schools: Education Could Do More to Assist Charter Schools with Applying for Discretionary Grants,” U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, GAO-11-89, Dec. 2010.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

T. De la Pena Wing, “Remembering Malintzin’s dream: A bridge between two cultures through language and love,” Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA, 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]

G. Vecsey, “Leyland Needs No Advice,” New York Times, p. B12, Oct. 07, 2011.

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], [2], [3], [4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Computer Architecture Letters
Abbreviation	IEEE Comput. Arch. Lett.
ISSN (print)	1556-6056
Scope	Hardware and Architecture