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

Billups, K. Climate Science: Timing Is Everything during Deglaciations. Nature 2015, 522, 163–164.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sine, S.M.; Engel, A.G. Recent Advances in Cys-Loop Receptor Structure and Function. Nature 2006, 440, 448–455.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ramu, Y.; Xu, Y.; Lu, Z. Enzymatic Activation of Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels. Nature 2006, 442, 696–699.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Gupta, A.; Gartner, J.J.; Sethupathy, P.; Hatzigeorgiou, A.G.; Fraser, N.W. Anti-Apoptotic Function of a MicroRNA Encoded by the HSV-1 Latency-Associated Transcript. Nature 2006, 442, 82–85.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

D’Andrea, A.; Sjogren, J. Veterinary Technician’s Large Animal Daily Reference Guide; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, 2013; ISBN 9781119421368.

An edited book

Geography, Institutions and Regional Economic Performance; Crescenzi, R., Percoco, M., Eds.; Advances in Spatial Science, The Regional Science Series; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013; ISBN 9783642333941.

A chapter in an edited book

Roy, U.; Majumder, M. Result and Discussion. In Impact of Climate Change on Small Scale Hydro-turbine Selections; Majumder, M., Ed.; SpringerBriefs in Energy; Springer: Singapore, 2016; pp. 19–41 ISBN 9789812872388.

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. Extreme Droughts Weaken Trees’ Ability To Soak Up Carbon Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/extreme-droughts-weaken-trees-ability-soak-carbon-0/ (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 Weather Service Modernization: Risks Remain That Full Systems Potential Will Not Be Achieved; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1997;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

McCready, M. Examining the Role of Community Capacity for Sustainable Water Planning through Local Urban Governance: A Case Study Analysis of Waukesha, Wisconsin. Doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University: Edwardsville, IL, 2017.

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

Oestreich, J.R. Is It Really Opera? That’s Beside the Point. New York Times 2017, C6.

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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