How to format your references using the Cryptography citation style

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

Cramer, K. Disextinction, Inc. Nature 2000, 405, 127.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lansbury, P.T.; Lashuel, H.A. A Century-Old Debate on Protein Aggregation and Neurodegeneration Enters the Clinic. Nature 2006, 443, 774–779.

A journal article with 3 authors

Friedland, J.C.; Lee, M.H.; Boettiger, D. Mechanically Activated Integrin Switch Controls Alpha5beta1 Function. Science 2009, 323, 642–644.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Li, C.; Wei, R.; Jones-Hall, Y.L.; Vittal, R.; Zhang, M.; Liu, W. Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor (EGFR) Pathway Genes and Interstitial Lung Disease: An Association Study. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 4893.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Möller, R.; Pöter, H.; Schwarze, K. Planen Und Bauen Mit Trapezprofilen Und Sandwichelementen; Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA: Weinheim, Germany, 2011; ISBN 9783433600764.

An edited book

Graph Drawing: 13th International Symposium, GD 2005, Limerick, Ireland, September 12-14, 2005. Revised Papers; Healy, P., Nikolov, N.S., Eds.; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2006; Vol. 3843; ISBN 9783540314257.

A chapter in an edited book

Toma, A.K.; Papadopoulos, M.C.; Stapleton, S.; Kitchen, N.D.; Watkins, L.D. Conservative Versus Surgical Management of Idiopathic Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: A Prospective Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial: Study Protocol. In Hydrocephalus: Selected Papers from the International Workshop in Crete, 2010; Aygok, G.A., Rekate, H.L., Eds.; Acta Neurochirurgica Supplementum; Springer: Vienna, 2012; pp. 21–23 ISBN 9783709109229.

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 Cryptography.

Blog post

Luntz, S. Ultimate Superbug Reaches USA Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/ultimate-superbug-reaches-usa/ (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 Procedures for Updating Arbitrator Disclosure Information; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2000;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Parisi, J. Correlation of Conditional Admittance and Student Achievement in an Undergraduate Higher Education Setting. Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood University: St. Charles, MO, 2012.

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

(nyt), S.K. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Tracking Foreigners. New York Times 2003, 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	Cryptography
ISSN (online)	2410-387X
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