How to format your references using the Intermetallics citation style

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

H. Hoag, In search of form and function, Nature 425 (2003) 880–881.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

R. Simon, Y. Stahl, Botany. Plant cells CLEave their way to differentiation, Science 313 (2006) 773–774.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

F. Bouvier, O. Dogbo, B. Camara, Biosynthesis of the food and cosmetic plant pigment bixin (annatto), Science 300 (2003) 2089–2091.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

M. Zhou, J.H. Morais-Cabral, S. Mann, R. MacKinnon, Potassium channel receptor site for the inactivation gate and quaternary amine inhibitors, Nature 411 (2001) 657–661.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

L.J. Brillson, An Essential Guide to Electronic Material Surfaces and Interfaces, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, 2016.

An edited book

[1]

C. Simms, Pedestrian and Cyclist Impact: A Biomechanical Perspective, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

P. Kaski, P.R.J. Östergård, Auxiliary Algorithms, in: P.R.J. Östergård (Ed.), Classification Algorithms for Codes and Designs, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2006: pp. 145–173.

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 Intermetallics.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, What’s The Most Dangerous Place On Earth?, IFLScience (2014). https://www.iflscience.com/environment/whats-most-dangerous-place-earth/ (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, Space Shuttle: Status of NASA’s Efforts to Address Workforce Issues Related to the Space Shuttle’s Retirement, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

A. Kyriacou, A method of verification of the total treatment time for the APBI (Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation) devices: Contura Multilumen Balloon and SAVI applicator, Doctoral dissertation, Florida Atlantic University, 2011.

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]

I. Urbina, Forced Labor for Cheap Fish, New York Times (2015) A1.

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	Intermetallics
Abbreviation	Intermetallics (Barking)
ISSN (print)	0966-9795
Scope	General Chemistry Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials Materials Chemistry Metals and Alloys