How to format your references using the Indian Geotechnical Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Geotechnical 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

McFiggans G (2014) Atmospheric science: Involatile particles from rapid oxidation. Nature 506:442–443

A journal article with 2 authors

Campbell CS, Desai A (2013) Tension sensing by Aurora B kinase is independent of survivin-based centromere localization. Nature 497:118–121

A journal article with 3 authors

Kobayashi S, Goto-Yamamoto N, Hirochika H (2004) Retrotransposon-induced mutations in grape skin color. Science 304:982

A journal article with 5 or more authors

McDonald D, Wu L, Bohks SM, et al (2003) Recruitment of HIV and its receptors to dendritic cell-T cell junctions. Science 300:1295–1297

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Alexander M, Walkenbach J (2010) Excel® Dashboards & Reports. Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Stanczak S (2008) Fundamentals of Resource Allocation in Wireless Networks: Theory and Algorithms. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Akram RN, Markantonakis K, Mayes K (2014) An Introduction to the Trusted Platform Module and Mobile Trusted Module. In: Markantonakis K, Mayes K (eds) Secure Smart Embedded Devices, Platforms and Applications. Springer, New York, NY, pp 71–93

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 Indian Geotechnical Journal.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J (2015) Life “Not As We Know It” Could Exist On Mars, Titan And Other Worlds. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/life-not-we-know-it-could-exist-mars-titan-and-other-worlds/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (1991) Airline Competition: Fares and Concentration at Small-City Airports. 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

Wicks CF (2017) The Self-Concept of Students in Remediation in a Rural Community College in Mississippi. Doctoral dissertation, Mississippi State University

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

Crow K (2001) 3-Card Monte Is Vanishing, Just Like Your $50 Bill Did. New York Times 146

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	Indian Geotechnical Journal
ISSN (print)	0971-9555
ISSN (online)	2277-3347
Scope

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