How to format your references using the Entropy citation style

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

McCaffrey, R. Geophysics. The next Great Earthquake. Science 2007, 315, 1675–1676.

A journal article with 2 authors

Cheng, C.L.; Novales Flamarique, I. Opsin Expression: New Mechanism for Modulating Colour Vision. Nature 2004, 428, 279.

A journal article with 3 authors

Doncaster, C.P.; Pound, G.E.; Cox, S.J. The Ecological Cost of Sex. Nature 2000, 404, 281–285.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Lancrin, C.; Sroczynska, P.; Stephenson, C.; Allen, T.; Kouskoff, V.; Lacaud, G. The Haemangioblast Generates Haematopoietic Cells through a Haemogenic Endothelium Stage. Nature 2009, 457, 892–895.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Shynk, J.J. Mathematical Foundations for Linear Circuits and Systems in Engineering; John Wiley & Sons, Inc: Hoboken, NJ, 2016; ISBN 9781119073444.

An edited book

Myasthenia Gravis and Related Disorders; Kaminski, H.J., Ed.; Current Clinical Neurology; Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, 2009; ISBN 9781588298522.

A chapter in an edited book

Mathis, P.; Sauer, K. Historical Introduction to Photosystem I: The Discovery of the A1 and A2(Fx?) Acceptors by Time-Resolved Optical Spectroscopy. In Photosystem I: The Light-Driven Plastocyanin:Ferredoxin Oxidoreductase; Golbeck, J.H., Ed.; Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration; Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2006; pp. 31–40 ISBN 9781402042553.

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 Entropy.

Blog post

Andrew, E. Some Creatures Use Electricity And Vibrations In Sex (And This Can Be Dangerous) Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/some-creatures-use-electricity-and-vibrations-sex-and-can-be-dangerous/ (accessed on 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 International Space Station: Significant Challenges May Limit Onboard Research; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2009;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Rich, J.B. Guinevere Takes Her Seat at the Round Table—or Does She? Moving a Primary Western Myth Forward. Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute: Carpinteria, CA, 2009.

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

Saslow, L. Trash Law Is Meant To Deter Identity Theft. New York Times 2006, LI13.

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	Entropy
Abbreviation	Entropy (Basel)
ISSN (online)	1099-4300
Scope	General Physics and Astronomy

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