How to format your references using the Geochemical Perspectives Letters citation style

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

Mace, R. (2009) Anthropology. On becoming modern. Science (New York, N.Y.) 324, 1280–1281.

A journal article with 2 authors

Modlin, R.L., Sieling, P.A. (2005) Immunology. Now presenting: gammadelta T cells. Science (New York, N.Y.) 309, 252–253.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kalka, M.B., Smith, A.R., Kalko, E.K.V. (2008) Bats limit arthropods and herbivory in a tropical forest. Science (New York, N.Y.) 320, 71.

A journal article with 10 or more authors

Burnett, K., Julienne, P.S., Lett, P.D., Tiesinga, E., Williams, C.J. (2002) Quantum encounters of the cold kind. Nature 416, 225–232.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Federer, W.T., King, F. (2007) Variations on Split Plot and Split Block Experiment Designs: Federer/Variations on Split Plot and Split Block Experiment Designs. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Rennert, P.D. (ed.) (2016) Novel Immunotherapeutic Approaches to the Treatment of Cancer: Drug Development and Clinical Application. Springer International Publishing, Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

Horvath, J., Hoge, L., Cameron, R. (2016) Making and Using Sewing Patterns. In: Hoge, L., Cameron, R. (eds) Practical Fashion Tech: Wearable Technologies for Costuming, Cosplay, and Everyday. Apress, Berkeley, CA, 57–80.

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 Geochemical Perspectives Letters.

Blog post

Hale, T. (2016) Brown Bear Given Beer And Junk Food By Tourists Is Saved From Captivity In Albania. IFLScience. IFLScience.

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 (2003) Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Airport and Airway Trust Fund Excise Taxes. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Tabares, M. (2015) Comprehensive skills program for emancipated foster youth: A grant thesis project. Doctoral dissertation, Long Beach, CA, California State University, Long Beach.

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

Vecsey, G. (2011) Five Years Later, A Different Outcome. New York Times, 5 October, page B14.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Mace, 2009).
This sentence cites two references (Mace, 2009; Modlin and Sieling, 2005).

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

Two authors: (Modlin and Sieling, 2005)
Three or more authors: (Burnett et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Geochemical Perspectives Letters
ISSN (print)	2410-339X
ISSN (online)	2410-3403
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