How to format your references using the Earth System Dynamics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Earth System Dynamics. 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

Pennisi, E.: Primate evolution. Gene activity clocks brain’s fast evolution, Science, 296, 233–235, 2002.

A journal article with 2 authors

England, P. C. and Katz, R. F.: Global systematics of arc volcano position, Nature, 468, E6-7; discussion E7-8, 2010.

A journal article with 3 authors

Knill, E., Laflamme, R., and Milburn, G. J.: A scheme for efficient quantum computation with linear optics, Nature, 409, 46–52, 2001.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Thomas, G. A., Shraiman, B. I., Glodis, P. F., and Stephens, M. J.: Towards the clarity limit in optical fibre, Nature, 404, 262–264, 2000.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Arendt, J. S. and Lorenzo, D. K.: Evaluating Process Safety in the Chemical Industry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2000.

An edited book

Kleinman, K.: Mies van der Rohe The Krefeld Villas, edited by: Duzer, L. V., Princeton Archit. Press, New York, NY, 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

Penumetcha, K., Jerjes, W., Patel, N., and Upile, T.: ENT Emergencies, in: Surgical Emergencies in Clinical Practice, edited by: Shergill, I., Arya, M., Upile, T., Arya, N., and Dasgupta, P., Springer, London, 73–98, 2013.

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 Earth System Dynamics.

Blog post

Lifelong Protection From Severe Allergies Could Be Possible With New Treatment: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/lifelong-protection-from-severe-allergies-could-be-possible-with-new-treatment/, last access: 30 October 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: Federal Assistance Provided to Institutions of Higher Education, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1976.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Chlarson-Varner, G.: Falls among older adults 65 years and older, Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 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

Kishkovsky, S.: Russia: 2 Arrested After Band’s Protest At Moscow Cathedral to Remain Jailed, New York Times, 15th March, A10, 2012.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Pennisi, 2002).
This sentence cites two references (Pennisi, 2002; England and Katz, 2010).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (England and Katz, 2010)
Three or more authors: (Thomas et al., 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Earth System Dynamics
Abbreviation	Earth Syst. Dyn.
ISSN (print)	2190-4979
ISSN (online)	2190-4987
Scope	General Earth and Planetary Sciences