How to format your references using the Condensed Matter citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Condensed Matter. 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

Abbott, A. British Panel Bans Use of Antidepressant to Treat Children. Nature 2003, 423, 792.

A journal article with 2 authors

Dunham-Snary, K.J.; Ballinger, S.W. GENETICS. Mitochondrial-Nuclear DNA Mismatch Matters. Science 2015, 349, 1449–1450.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gwak, G.; Ko, J.; Ju, H. Effects of Porous Properties on Cold-Start Behavior of Polymer Electrolyte Fuel Cells from Sub-Zero to Normal Operating Temperatures. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 5770.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Olesen, C.; Sørensen, T.L.-M.; Nielsen, R.C.; Møller, J.V.; Nissen, P. Dephosphorylation of the Calcium Pump Coupled to Counterion Occlusion. Science 2004, 306, 2251–2255.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bannwarth, H. Liquid Ring Vacuum Pumps, Compressors and Systems; Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: Weinheim, FRG, 2005; ISBN 9783527605880.

An edited book

Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning - IDEAL 2012: 13th International Conference, Natal, Brazil, August 29-31, 2012. Proceedings; Yin, H., Costa, J.A.F., Barreto, G., Eds.; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012; Vol. 7435; ISBN 9783642326387.

A chapter in an edited book

Di Piazza, M.C.; Vitale, G. Parameter Identification for Photovoltaic Source Models. In Photovoltaic Sources: Modeling and Emulation; Vitale, G., Ed.; Green Energy and Technology; Springer: London, 2013; pp. 83–129 ISBN 9781447143772.

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 Condensed Matter.

Blog post

Andrew, E. Gold Nanoparticles Could Be Used To Melt Fat Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/gold-nanoparticles-could-be-used-melt-fat/ (accessed on 30 October 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

Government Accountability Office Tax System Modernization: IRS’ Efforts to Improve Taxpayer Correspondence; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1990;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Castiglione, A. Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Role of Employee Support Policies, Envy, and Narcissism. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, 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

MacFARQUHAR, N. Russia Charges Minister in an Oil Bribery Scandal. New York Times 2016, A10.

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	Condensed Matter
Abbreviation	Condens. Matter
ISSN (online)	2410-3896
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