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]

Norman MR. The challenge of unconventional superconductivity. Science 2011;332:196–200.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Mervis J, Holden C. Great expectations on the job front. Science 2004;304:1829.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Loewe L, Textor V, Scherer S. High deleterious genomic mutation rate in stationary phase of Escherichia coli. Science 2003;302:1558–60.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Redman RS, Sheehan KB, Stout RG, Rodriguez RJ, Henson JM. Thermotolerance generated by plant/fungal symbiosis. Science 2002;298:1581.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Blair TH. Energy Production Systems Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Hauschild MZ, Huijbregts MAJ, editors. Life Cycle Impact Assessment. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Camillieri G, Golano P, Zaffagnini S. 3D Anatomy Versus Arthroscopy Versus Navigation. In: Zaffagnini S, Becker R, Kerkhoffs GMMJ, Espregueira Mendes J, Dijk CN van, editors. ESSKA Instructional Course Lecture Book: Amsterdam 2014, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014, p. 49–72.

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 E. FDA-Approved Treatment Could Be Effective Against Drug-Resistant Brain Tumors In Children. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/fda-approved-treatment-could-be-effective-against-drug-resistant-brain-tumors/ (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. [Request for Decision on EEOC Employee’s Claim for Transportation Expenses]. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Escobedo NL. A continuing bonds grief support group for Latinas who have lost a child: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2014.

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]

Sisario B. Linkin Park Album Is No. 1, Surprisingly. New York Times 2017:C3.

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

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