How to format your references using the Future Computing and Informatics Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Future Computing and Informatics Journal. 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]

Bohannon J. The Gonzo Scientist. Calling all dancing scientists! Science 2010;328:1226.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Siaj M, McBreen PH. Creating, varying, and growing single-site molecular contacts. Science 2005;309:588–90.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Scholz M, Lo C-C, Chain PSG. Improved assemblies using a source-agnostic pipeline for MetaGenomic Assembly by Merging (MeGAMerge) of contigs. Sci Rep 2014;4:6480.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Gweon G-H, Sasagawa T, Zhou SY, Graf J, Takagi H, Lee D-H, et al. An unusual isotope effect in a high-transition-temperature superconductor. Nature 2004;430:187–90.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Robbins NB. Creating More Effective Graphs. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2004.

An edited book

[1]

Alloin D, Johnson R, Lira P, editors. Physics of Active Galactic Nuclei at all Scales. vol. 693. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ishikawa T, Guan Y, Chen Y-C, Oguro H, Kasuga M, Ayama M. Kansei Evaluation of HDR Color Images with Different Tone Curves and Sizes – Foundational Investigation of Difference between Japanese and Chinese. In: Harris D, editor. Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: 9th International Conference, EPCE 2011, Held as Part of HCI International 2011, Orlando, FL, USA, July 9-14, 2011. Proceedings, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011, p. 38–44.

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 Future Computing and Informatics Journal.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Tick Bite Makes You Allergic To Meat. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/tick-bite-makes-you-allergic-meat/ (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. The Energy Information Administration Needs To Strengthen Its Computer Systems Development Procedures. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1984.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Ackerina J. The call of public service: Motivation and professional commitment in education. Doctoral dissertation. Florida Atlantic University, 2012.

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]

Protess B. Lawyer Is Now Regulating Banking Industry He Has Spent a Career Protecting. New York Times 2017:A20.

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	Future Computing and Informatics Journal
Abbreviation	Futur. Comput. Inform. J.
ISSN (print)	2314-7288
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