How to format your references using the Current Pollution Reports citation style

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

1. Kroupa P. The initial mass function of stars: evidence for uniformity in variable systems. Science. 2002;295:82–91.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Kourtzi Z, Kanwisher N. Representation of perceived object shape by the human lateral occipital complex. Science. 2001;293:1506–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Xia K, Vanner MR, Twamley J. An opto-magneto-mechanical quantum interface between distant superconducting qubits. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5571.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Catteruccia F, Nolan T, Loukeris TG, Blass C, Savakis C, Kafatos FC, et al. Stable germline transformation of the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi. Nature. 2000;405:959–62.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Mackevičius V. Introduction to Stochastic Analysis. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2011.

An edited book

1. Yung M, Zhu L, Yang Y, editors. Trusted Systems: 6th International Conference, INTRUST 2014, Beijing, China, December 16-17, 2014, Revised Selected Papers. 1st ed. 2015. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Marcheschi P. Elaboration of the Images in the Spatial Domain. 2D Graphics. In: Neri E, Caramella D, Bartolozzi C, editors. Image Processing in Radiology: Current Applications. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 55–65.

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 Current Pollution Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Why Does Chilli Burn, And Why Does Milk Help Soothe The Pain? IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014.

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. Electronic Government Act: Agencies Have Implemented Most Provisions, but Key Areas of Attention Remain. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Sep. Report No.: GAO-12-782.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Mark M. A peer mentorship program for youth transitioning out of foster care: A grant proposal [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

1. Kelly S. Op-art; Sub-liminal. New York Times. 2000 Oct 19;A33.

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	Current Pollution Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Pollut. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2198-6592
Scope

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