How to format your references using the Finite Fields and Their Applications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Finite Fields and Their Applications. 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

[1]

C. Macilwain, Charm, not tact, aided pioneer in fight for physics, Nature 403 (2000) 586–587.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

N. Dauphas, A. Pourmand, Hf-W-Th evidence for rapid growth of Mars and its status as a planetary embryo, Nature 473 (2011) 489–492.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

S.W. Chisholm, P.G. Falkowski, J.J. Cullen, Oceans. Dis-crediting ocean fertilization, Science 294 (2001) 309–310.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

C.B.F. Andersen, L. Ballut, J.S. Johansen, H. Chamieh, K.H. Nielsen, C.L.P. Oliveira, J.S. Pedersen, B. Séraphin, H. Le Hir, G.R. Andersen, Structure of the exon junction core complex with a trapped DEAD-box ATPase bound to RNA, Science 313 (2006) 1968–1972.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

R. Rajagopal, Sustainable Value Creation in the Fine and Speciality Chemicals Industry, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, 2014.

An edited book

[1]

G. Zhelezov, ed., Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions: Southeastern Europe, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

A. Philpott, A. Dallagi, E. Gallet, On Cutting Plane Algorithms and Dynamic Programming for Hydroelectricity Generation, in: R.M. Kovacevic, G.C. Pflug, M.T. Vespucci (Eds.), Handbook of Risk Management in Energy Production and Trading, Springer US, Boston, MA, 2013: pp. 105–127.

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 Finite Fields and Their Applications.

Blog post

[1]

J. Davis, Orangutan “Kiss Squeaks” Could Give Insight Into Evolution Of Human Language, IFLScience (2017). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/orangutan-kiss-squeaks-could-give-insight-into-evolution-of-human-language/ (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, Opportunity To Improve Indian Education in Schools Operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1972.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

G.L. Pryor, Effects of a balance-specific exercise program on blood pressure medication usage, Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, 2013.

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]

L. Yablonsky, Characters Welcome, New York Times (2011) ST3.

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	Finite Fields and Their Applications
Abbreviation	Finite Fields Their Appl.
ISSN (print)	1071-5797
Scope	General Engineering Algebra and Number Theory Applied Mathematics Theoretical Computer Science