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

Smeeding, T.M. Economics. Adjusting to the Fertility Bust. Science 2014, 346, 163–164.

A journal article with 2 authors

Mongiat, L.A.; Schinder, A.F. Neuroscience. A Price to Pay for Adult Neurogenesis. Science 2014, 344, 594–595.

A journal article with 3 authors

Dale, V.H.; Crisafulli, C.M.; Swanson, F.J. Ecology. 25 Years of Ecological Change at Mount St. Helens. Science 2005, 308, 961–962.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Zhang, L.; Yu, X.; Zheng, L.; Zhang, Y.; Li, Y.; Fang, Q.; Gao, R.; Kang, B.; Zhang, Q.; Huang, J.Y.; et al. Lineage Tracking Reveals Dynamic Relationships of T Cells in Colorectal Cancer. Nature 2018.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Degner, R.; Leibl, S. PH Messen; Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: Weinheim, FRG, 2005; ISBN 9783527602889.

An edited book

Analisi Funzionale; Bompiani, E., Ed.; C.I.M.E. Summer Schools; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012; Vol. 1; ISBN 9783642108792.

A chapter in an edited book

Holcomb, J.B.; Nunez, T.C. Damage Control Resuscitation. In Front Line Surgery: A Practical Approach; Martin, M.J., Beekley, A.C., Eds.; Springer: New York, NY, 2011; pp. 47–58 ISBN 9781441960788.

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. Universal Sperm Bank Would Strike at a Core Human Freedom Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/universal-sperm-bank-would-strike-core-human-freedom/ (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 Pell Grant Costs; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1994;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Walker, N.A. Mothers’ Description of Raising Two Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Case Study. Doctoral dissertation, Capella University: Minneapolis, MN, 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

Kishkovsky, S. Governor Backs Pardoning Russian Who Killed Chechen Woman. New York Times 2004, A5.

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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