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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Earth System Science Data Discussions. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Cocroft, R.: An ecologist marvels at animals that learn to eavesdrop, Nature, 460, 439, 2009.

A journal article with 2 authors

Win, M. N. and Smolke, C. D.: Higher-order cellular information processing with synthetic RNA devices, Science, 322, 456–460, 2008.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wolfsberg, T. G., McEntyre, J., and Schuler, G. D.: Guide to the draft human genome, Nature, 409, 824–826, 2001.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Wuite, G. J., Smith, S. B., Young, M., Keller, D., and Bustamante, C.: Single-molecule studies of the effect of template tension on T7 DNA polymerase activity, Nature, 404, 103–106, 2000.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Vorbrüggen, H.: Silicon-Mediated Transformations of Functional Groups, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG, 2005.

An edited book

Pelton, J. N. and Allahdadi, F. (Eds.): Handbook of Cosmic Hazards and Planetary Defense, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 480 illus., 425 illus. in color. eReference pp., 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Davidson, J. O.: Treble Troubles? Marketization, Social Protection and Emancipation Considered Through the Lens of Slavery, in: The Commonalities of Global Crises: Markets, Communities and Nostalgia, edited by: Karner, C. and Weicht, B., Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, 87–114, 2016.

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 Discussions.

Blog post

Why is the Universe Accelerating?

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: Month In Review, July 1999: Reports, Testimony, Correspondence, and Other Publications, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Allen, S. D.: Putting out fires: How communication professionals understand and practice conflict resolution, Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD, 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

de la MERCED, M. J.: Lattice to Seek Trump’s Ear for Chinese-Backed Deal, New York Times, 1st September, B4, 2017.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Cocroft, 2009).
This sentence cites two references (Cocroft, 2009; Win and Smolke, 2008).

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

Two authors: (Win and Smolke, 2008)
Three or more authors: (Wuite et al., 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Earth System Science Data Discussions
Abbreviation	Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss.
ISSN (online)	1866-3591
Scope

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