How to format your references using the Computer Networks citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Computer Networks. 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]

W.B. Wood, Science education. Revising the AP biology curriculum, Science 325 (2009) 1627–1628.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

A. Katz, M.E. Davis, Molecular imprinting of bulk, microporous silica, Nature 403 (2000) 286–289.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

E.H. Blackburn, E.S. Epel, J. Lin, Human telomere biology: A contributory and interactive factor in aging, disease risks, and protection, Science 350 (2015) 1193–1198.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

D.E. Shaw, P. Maragakis, K. Lindorff-Larsen, S. Piana, R.O. Dror, M.P. Eastwood, J.A. Bank, J.M. Jumper, J.K. Salmon, Y. Shan, W. Wriggers, Atomic-level characterization of the structural dynamics of proteins, Science 330 (2010) 341–346.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

M.A. Weinberg, S.L. Segelnick, J.S. Insler, S. Kramer, The Dentist’s Quick Guide to Medical Conditions, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ, 2015.

An edited book

[1]

J. Noble, Pro SharePoint 2010 Search, Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

G.-S. Tiplica, E. Tschachler, Venereal Disease II: Chlamydia trachomatis Infection, Gonorrhoea, in: J.H. Ólafsson, R.J. Hay (Eds.), Antibiotic and Antifungal Therapies in Dermatology, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2016: pp. 69–80.

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 Networks.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, Hilarious Responses To Nobel Prize Winner Tim Hunt’s Sexist Comments, IFLScience (2015). https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/scientists-mock-nobel-prize-winner-tim-hunt-distractinglysexy-twitter/ (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, No Child Left Behind Act: Education Should Clarify Guidance and Address Potential Compliance Issues for Schools in Corrective Action and Restructuring Status, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

J.R. Vallaster, Recognizing and Supporting the Forgotten Poverty Frontier: Exploring Suburban School Poverty in Elementary Schools, Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, 2019.

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]

J. Koblin, President’s First Days Keep Networks’ Ratings Strong, New York Times (2017) B3.

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	Computer Networks
ISSN (print)	1389-1286
Scope	Computer Networks and Communications