How to format your references using the CSI Transactions on ICT citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for CSI Transactions on ICT (CSIT). 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

Ganem D (2001) Virology. The X files--one step closer to closure. Science 294:2299–2300

A journal article with 2 authors

Steinman RM, Mellman I (2004) Immunotherapy: bewitched, bothered, and bewildered no more. Science 305:197–200

A journal article with 3 authors

Vinther J, Van Roy P, Briggs DEG (2008) Machaeridians are Palaeozoic armoured annelids. Nature 451:185–188

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Wernig M, Meissner A, Foreman R, et al (2007) In vitro reprogramming of fibroblasts into a pluripotent ES-cell-like state. Nature 448:318–324

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Morocco CC, Aguilar CM, Bershad C, et al (2008) Supported Literacy for Adolescents. Jossey-Bass, San Francisco, CA, USA

An edited book

Batten L, Li G, Niu W, Warren M (2014) Applications and Techniques in Information Security: 5th International Conference, ATIS 2014, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, November 26-28, 2014. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Ford SJ, Ferriani S, Probert DR (2013) Overcoming the Innovation Barrier: A Search-Selection Model of Breakthrough Innovation in Large Firms. In: Pfeffermann N, Minshall T, Mortara L (eds) Strategy and Communication for Innovation. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 41–61

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 CSI Transactions on ICT.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J (2017) NASA Satellite Releases First Fascinating Map Of Lightning On Earth. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-satellite-releases-first-fascinating-map-of-lightning-on-earth/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (1997) Surface Transportation: The Department of Transportation Proposes Significant Changes to Its Automated Highway System Program. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Xiao S (2012) Effects of adsorbates on the electronic properties of graphene. Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park

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

Kenigsberg B (2017) Behemoth. New York Times C10

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	CSI Transactions on ICT
ISSN (print)	2277-9078
ISSN (online)	2277-9086
Scope

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