How to format your references using the Engineering Geology Special Publications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Engineering Geology Special Publications. 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

Ryan, M.J. 2011. Replication in field biology: the case of the frog-eating bat. Science (New York, N.Y.), 334, 1229–1230.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wright, S.I. and Barrett, S.C.H. 2010. Evolution. The long-term benefits of self-rejection. Science (New York, N.Y.), 330, 459–460.

A journal article with 3 authors

Couch, S., Sparks, R.S. and Carroll, M.R. 2001. Mineral disequilibrium in lavas explained by convective self-mixing in open magma chambers. Nature, 411, 1037–1039.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Berry, N., Davis, C., et al. 2001. Vaccine safety. Analysis of oral polio vaccine CHAT stocks. Nature, 410, 1046–1047.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kramer, H. 2013. Angewandte Baudynamik.

An edited book

Agresta, F., Campanile, F.C., Anania, G. and Bergamini, C. (eds). 2016. Emergency Laparoscopy.

A chapter in an edited book

Zelarayán, L.C., Zafiriou, M.P. and Zimmermann, W.-H. 2016. Myocardial Pharmacoregeneration. In: Steinhoff, G. (ed.) Regenerative Medicine - from Protocol to Patient: 5. Regenerative Therapies II. 111–143.

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 Engineering Geology Special Publications.

Blog post

Andrew, D. 2011. How Parents Shape The Advantages Of Being First-Born. IFLSciencehttps://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-parents-shape-the-advantages-of-being-firstborn/.

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. 2011. Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle: DOD Needs to Ensure New Acquisition Strategy Is Based on Sufficient Information. GAO-11-641.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

George, K.A. 2014. Housing Adequacy and Civic Engagement in Los Angeles County. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach.

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

Koblin, J. 2016. Anchor Illuminates Fox Inquiry of Ailes. New York Times, B6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Ryan 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Wright and Barrett 2010; Ryan 2011).

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

Two authors: (Wright and Barrett 2010)
Three or more authors: (Berry et al. 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	Engineering Geology Special Publications
ISSN (print)	0267-9914
ISSN (online)	2041-4730
Scope	Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology