How to format your references using the International Journal of Cosmetic Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Cosmetic 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	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

Victora GD. Science & SciLifeLab Prize. Stop, go, and evolve. Science. 2013;342(6163):1186.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kourtzi Z and Kanwisher N. Representation of perceived object shape by the human lateral occipital complex. Science. 2001;293(5534):1506–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Santamaría L, Diaz M, and Valladares F. Science in Europe. Dark clouds over Spanish science. Science. 2013;340(6138):1292.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Hetzel R, Niedermann S, Tao M, Kubik PW, Ivy-Ochs S, Gao B, and Strecker MR. Low slip rates and long-term preservation of geomorphic features in Central Asia. Nature. 2002;417(6887):428–32.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Belfiore LA. Physical Properties of Macromolecules. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ; 2010.

An edited book

Alberts G and Oldenziel R, ed. Hacking Europe: From Computer Cultures to Demoscenes. Springer: London; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Lin C-L and Mao C. Role of Sphingolipids in Non-melanoma Skin Cancer. In: Hannun YA, Luberto C, Mao C and Obeid LM, editors. Bioactive Sphingolipids in Cancer Biology and Therapy. Springer International Publishing: Cham; 2015.

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 Cosmetic Science.

Blog post

Fang J. Shy Bird Disguises Itself As Aggressive Woodpecker To Avoid Bullying. IFLScience. Available at https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/shy-bird-disguises-itself-aggressive-woodpecker-avoid-bullying/.

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. Telecommunications: Cellular Service Competition. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 1993.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Monteiro KR. An experimental study of corrective feedback on synchronous oral computer-mediated communication. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA; 2012.

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. Sailing On. New York Times. 2004;144.

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	International Journal of Cosmetic Science
ISSN (print)	0142-5463
ISSN (online)	1468-2494
Scope