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]

Eisenstein M. Neural circuits: Putting neurons on the map. Nature 2009;461:1149–52.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Wei H-R, Deng F-G. Scalable quantum computing based on stationary spin qubits in coupled quantum dots inside double-sided optical microcavities. Sci Rep 2014;4:7551.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Van der Burg E, Cass J, Alais D. Window of audio-visual simultaneity is unaffected by spatio-temporal visual clutter. Sci Rep 2014;4:5098.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Nguyen T, Sutton AD, Brynda M, Fettinger JC, Long GJ, Power PP. Synthesis of a stable compound with fivefold bonding between two chromium(I) centers. Science 2005;310:844–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Landa R. Advertising by Design. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Miralles MP, Sánchez Almeida J, editors. The Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere. vol. 4. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Jung YH, Zhang H, Ma Z. Wireless Applications of Conformal Bioelectronics. In: Rogers JA, Ghaffari R, Kim D-H, editors. Stretchable Bioelectronics for Medical Devices and Systems, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 83–114.

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]

Carpineti A. Dimming Dwarf Binary Discovered By Astronomers. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/space/dimming-dwarf-binary-discovered-by-astronomers/ (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. Information Technology: OMB and Agencies Need to More Effectively Implement Major Initiatives to Save Billions of Dollars. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2013.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Wick HF. Applying Natural Horn Technique to Modern Valved Horn Performance Practice. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, 2001.

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]

Walsh MW. Two Rulings Find Cuts In Pensions Permissible. New York Times 2011:B1.

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