How to format your references using the Dyes and Pigments citation style

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

Nakata D. Increased N-glycosylation of Asn⁸⁸ in serum pancreatic ribonuclease 1 is a novel diagnostic marker for pancreatic cancer. Sci Rep 2014;4:6715.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Yang J, Reth M. Oligomeric organization of the B-cell antigen receptor on resting cells. Nature 2010;467:465–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Halevy I, Johnston DT, Schrag DP. Explaining the structure of the Archean mass-independent sulfur isotope record. Science 2010;329:204–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Westphal V, Rizzoli SO, Lauterbach MA, Kamin D, Jahn R, Hell SW. Video-rate far-field optical nanoscopy dissects synaptic vesicle movement. Science 2008;320:246–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Rieth M, Krämer N. Hygiene in der Arzneimittelproduktion. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Muntean T, Poulakis D, Rolland R, editors. Algebraic Informatics: 5th International Conference, CAI 2013, Porquerolles, France, September 3-6, 2013. Proceedings. vol. 8080. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Treusch AW, Oldenburg O, Butz T, Fründ A, Oepangat E, van Buuren F, et al. A 32-Year-Old Female Soccer Player with Unexplained Syncope. In: Pelliccia A, editor. Sports Cardiology Casebook, London: Springer; 2009, p. 23–33.

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 Dyes and Pigments.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew D. 11 Key Findings From One Of The Most Comprehensive Reports Ever On The Health Effects Of Marijuana. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/11-key-findings-from-one-of-the-most-comprehensive-reports-ever-on-the-health-effects-of-marijuana/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Department of Energy: Problems in the Management and Use of Supercomputers. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Baudy AR. Efficacy of glucocorticoids in muscular dystrophy: Signaling, hormonal activities, and muscle inflammation. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University, 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

[1]

Hodgman J. Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. New York Times 2017:MM22.

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	Dyes and Pigments
Abbreviation	Dyes Pigm.
ISSN (print)	0143-7208
Scope	General Chemical Engineering Process Chemistry and Technology