How to format your references using the Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making. 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

Littman, M. L. (2015). Reinforcement learning improves behaviour from evaluative feedback. Nature, 521(7553), 445–451.

A journal article with 2 authors

Yamagata, M., & Sanes, J. R. (2008). Dscam and Sidekick proteins direct lamina-specific synaptic connections in vertebrate retina. Nature, 451(7177), 465–469.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sta Ana, J. L., Frankel, M. S., & Berger, K. M. (2009). Biosecurity. Educating scientists about dual use. Science (New York, N.Y.), 326(5957), 1193.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Ebert, D., Haag, C., Kirkpatrick, M., Riek, M., Hottinger, J. W., & Pajunen, V. I. (2002). A selective advantage to immigrant genes in a Daphnia metapopulation. Science (New York, N.Y.), 295(5554), 485–488.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Budisa, N. (2005). Engineering the Genetic Code. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

Guelfi, N. (Ed.). (2005). Rapid Integration of Software Engineering Techniques: First International Workshop, RISE 2004, Luxembourg-Kirchberg, Luxembourg, November 26, 2004. Revised Selected Papers (Vol. 3475). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Hirabayashi, Y. (2011). Collective Recognition and Shared Identity: Factors Behind the Emergence and Mobilization Process in a Referendum Movement1. In J. Broadbent & V. Brockman (Eds.), East Asian Social Movements: Power, Protest, and Change in a Dynamic Region (pp. 81–97). New York, NY: Springer.

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 Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making.

Blog post

Davis, J. (2015, August 11). Dairy Farm Produces Enough Energy From Poop To Power 1,000 Homes. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/dairy-farm-produces-enough-power-1000-homes/. Accessed 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. (2011). NASA Needs to Better Assess Contract Termination Liability Risks and Ensure Consistency in Its Practices (No. GAO-11-609R). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Stevens, W. (2010). Using emotional intelligence as a leadership strategy to make good leaders great (Doctoral dissertation). University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ.

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

Stewart, J. B. (2017, July 13). Tough Times For Disciples Of Ayn Rand. New York Times, p. B1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Littman 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Littman 2015; Yamagata and Sanes 2008).

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

Two authors: (Yamagata and Sanes 2008)
Three or more authors: (Ebert et al. 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Fuzzy Optimization and Decision Making
Abbreviation	Fuzzy Optim. Decis. Mak.
ISSN (print)	1568-4539
ISSN (online)	1573-2908
Scope	Artificial Intelligence Software Logic