How to format your references using the Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences. 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

[1]

Clement CM. Astronomy. Of clusters and galaxies. Science 2002;297:532–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Kim BH, Kwon JW. Plasmon-assisted radiolytic energy conversion in aqueous solutions. Sci Rep 2014;4:5249.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Catteruccia F, Godfray HCJ, Crisanti A. Impact of genetic manipulation on the fitness of Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes. Science 2003;299:1225–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Yuan Z, Kardynal BE, Stevenson RM, Shields AJ, Lobo CJ, Cooper K, et al. Electrically driven single-photon source. Science 2002;295:102–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Nussbaumer A, Borges L, Davaine L. Fatigue Design of Steel and Composite Structures. Berlin, Germany: Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Cristofaro ED, Murdoch SJ, editors. Privacy Enhancing Technologies: 14th International Symposium, PETS 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 16-18, 2014. Proceedings. vol. 8555. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Chakravarthy M, Ruggeri L. Role of Inhalational Anesthetic Agents in Reducing Perioperative Mortality. In: Landoni G, Ruggeri L, Zangrillo A, editors. Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014, p. 25–30.

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 Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences.

Blog post

[1]

Hale T. Sonar Images Reveal A WW2 Submarine Sunk By A Nazi Ship. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/sonar-images-reveal-a-ww2-submarine-sunk-by-a-nazi-ship/ (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. Commercial Space Transportation: Development of the Commercial Space Launch Industry Presents Safety Oversight Challenges for FAA and Raises Issues Affecting Federal Roles. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Zhao X. Exfoliation Corrosion Kinetics of High Strength Aluminum Alloys. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, 2006.

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]

Bilefsky D. May Still Expected to Win, but Lead Narrows After Missteps. New York Times 2017:A10.

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	Egyptian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences
ISSN (print)	2314-808X
Scope