How to format your references using the Crystallography Reviews citation style

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

Pilling MJ. Chemical Kinetics. Calculating the pressure dependence of chemical reactions. Science. 2014;346(6214):1183–1184.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Knorr G, Lohmann G. Southern Ocean origin for the resumption of Atlantic thermohaline circulation during deglaciation. Nature. 2003;424(6948):532–536.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Hwang TJ, Carpenter D, Kesselheim AS. Target small firms for antibiotic innovation. Science. 2014;344(6187):967–969.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Clyde DE, Corado MSG, Wu X, et al. A self-organizing system of repressor gradients establishes segmental complexity in Drosophila. Nature. 2003;426(6968):849–853.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Wesche R. Physical Properties of High-Temperature Superconductors. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

[1]

Sandhu S, McKenzie S, Harris H, editors. Linking Local and Global Sustainability. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Mumvuma T. Enhancing Service Delivery at the Local Level in Zimbabwe: Challenges and Future Prospects. In: Gómez GM, Knorringa P, editors. Local Governance, Economic Development and Institutions. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016. p. 64–85.

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 Crystallography Reviews.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. How Long Does It Take To Get An Autism Diagnosis? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/how-long-does-it-take-get-autism-diagnosis/.

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. Multiple Launch Rocket System: Range Less Than Needed and Sustained Rocket Production Not Ensured. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997. Report No.: NSIAD-97-196R. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Fischer D. Psychology and people living with hiv/aids: A critical review of the literature [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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

[1]

Billard M. Cousin Fran. New York Times. 2010 Aug 12;E5.

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	Crystallography Reviews
Abbreviation	Crystallogr. Rev.
ISSN (print)	0889-311X
ISSN (online)	1476-3508
Scope	Biochemistry Structural Biology General Chemistry General Materials Science Condensed Matter Physics