How to format your references using the Fuel citation style

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

Perkel JM. Rate that journal. Nature 2015;520:119–20.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Blagosklonny MV, Pardee AB. Conceptual biology: unearthing the gems. Nature 2002;416:373.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Ohbayashi M, Ohki K, Miyashita Y. Conversion of working memory to motor sequence in the monkey premotor cortex. Science 2003;301:233–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Ou G, Blacque OE, Snow JJ, Leroux MR, Scholey JM. Functional coordination of intraflagellar transport motors. Nature 2005;436:583–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Kazimierczuk M. High-Frequency Magnetic Components. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Dutt AK, Noble AG, Costa FJ, Thakur RR, Thakur SK, editors. Spatial Diversity and Dynamics in Resources and Urban Development: Volume II: Urban Development. 1st ed. 2016. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ogrinc N, Kanduč T, Kocman D. Integrated Approach to the Evaluation of Chemical Dynamics and Anthropogenic Pollution Sources in the Sava River Basin. In: Milačič R, Ščančar J, Paunović M, editors. The Sava River, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2015, p. 75–94.

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 Fuel.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. Oldest Known Fish Hooks Found In A Japanese Island Cave. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/oldest-known-fish-hooks-found-in-a-japanese-island-cave/ (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. Bureau of Indian Affairs: Use of Highway Trust Fund Resources. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Verderame N. An educational curriculum for registered dietitians to educate obese patients on the nutrition approach for stress management. 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]

Ryerson J. University Presses. New York Times 2017:BR27.

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	Fuel
Abbreviation	Fuel (Lond.)
ISSN (print)	0016-2361
Scope	General Chemical Engineering Organic Chemistry Energy Engineering and Power Technology Fuel Technology