How to format your references using the International Journal of Chemical and Analytical Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Chemical and Analytical Science. 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

Hellemans A. Cantilever tales. Science. 2000;290(5496):1529.

A journal article with 2 authors

Catlos EJ, Sorensen SS. Phengite-based chronology of K- and Ba-rich fluid flow in two paleosubduction zones. Science. 2003;299(5603):92-95.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bleichert F, Botchan MR, Berger JM. Crystal structure of the eukaryotic origin recognition complex. Nature. 2015;519(7543):321-326.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Schön JH, Dorget M, Beuran FC, et al. Field-induced superconductivity in a spin-ladder cuprate. Science. 2001;293(5539):2430-2432.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Das JC. Power System Harmonics and Passive Filter Designs. John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

Zaman HB, Robinson P, Olivier P, Shih TK, Velastin S, eds. Advances in Visual Informatics: Third International Visual Informatics Conference, IVIC 2013, Selangor, Malaysia, November 13-15, 2013. Proceedings. Vol 8237. Springer International Publishing; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Kobayashi Y, Shiotani T. Computerized AE Tomography. In: Ohtsu M, ed. Innovative AE and NDT Techniques for On-Site Measurement of Concrete and Masonry Structures: State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 239-MCM. RILEM State-of-the-Art Reports. Springer Netherlands; 2016:47-68.

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 International Journal of Chemical and Analytical Science.

Blog post

Andrew E. 9 Awesome Things You Didn’t Know About Bill Nye The Science Guy. IFLScience. August 6, 2015. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/space/10-things-you-need-know-about-bill-nye/

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. Actions Needed To Improve the Federal Communications Commission’s Financial Disclosure System. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Simon-Owens NL. Southern Virginia Higher Education Center: An Exploration of Factors Affecting Organizational Leadership. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix; 2010.

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

Rothenberg B. Roland Garros Is Assured of a First-Time Finalist. New York Times. June 6, 2017:B10.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	International Journal of Chemical and Analytical Science
ISSN (print)	0976-1209
Scope