How to format your references using the Earth System Science Data citation style

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

Dagotto, E.: Complexity in strongly correlated electronic systems, Science, 309, 257–262, 2005.

A journal article with 2 authors

Melbourne, B. A. and Hastings, A.: Extinction risk depends strongly on factors contributing to stochasticity, Nature, 454, 100–103, 2008.

A journal article with 3 authors

Jankowski, P., McKellar, A. R. W., and Szalewicz, K.: Theory untangles the high-resolution infrared spectrum of the ortho-H2-CO van der Waals complex, Science, 336, 1147–1150, 2012.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Sawai, Y., Satake, K., Kamataki, T., Nasu, H., Shishikura, M., Atwater, B. F., Horton, B. P., Kelsey, H. M., Nagumo, T., and Yamaguchi, M.: Transient uplift after a 17th-century earthquake along the Kuril subduction zone, Science, 306, 1918–1920, 2004.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Permyakov, E. A. and Kretsinger, R. H.: Calcium Binding Proteins, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2010.

An edited book

Falquet, G.: Ontologies in Urban Development Projects, edited by: Métral, C., Teller, J., and Tweed, C., Springer, London, VIII, 241 p pp., 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Albertson, J. D., Williams, C. A., Scanlon, T. M., and Montaldo, N.: SOIL MOISTURE CONTROLS ON WATER VAPOR AND CARBON FLUXES IN SEMI-ARID REGIONS, in: Dryland Ecohydrology, edited by: D’Odorico, P. and Porporato, A., Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 67–83, 2006.

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 Science Data.

Blog post

Galactic Umbrella’s Tale Revealed: https://www.iflscience.com/space/galactic-umbrellas-tale-revealed/, 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: Utilization of Consultants and Experts, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1970.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Bolman, D. B.: Examining the Relationship Between Technology Leadership Behaviors and Project Success, Doctoral dissertation, Northcentral University, Scottsdale, AZ, 2012.

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

Shpigel, B.: After Simmering and Stewing, Brady Returns to Roast the Browns, New York Times, 9th October, D1, 2016.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Dagotto, 2005).
This sentence cites two references (Dagotto, 2005; Melbourne and Hastings, 2008).

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

Two authors: (Melbourne and Hastings, 2008)
Three or more authors: (Sawai et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Earth System Science Data
Abbreviation	Earth Syst. Sci. Data
ISSN (print)	1866-3508
ISSN (online)	1866-3516
Scope	General Earth and Planetary Sciences