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

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

McKnight, S. L. (2010). On getting there from here. Science (New York, N.Y.), 330(6009), 1338–1339.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kimmel, A. R., & Parent, C. A. (2003). The signal to move: D. discoideum go orienteering. Science (New York, N.Y.), 300(5625), 1525–1527.

A journal article with 3 authors

Winter, S. S., Clark, B. J., & Taube, J. S. (2015). Spatial navigation. Disruption of the head direction cell network impairs the parahippocampal grid cell signal. Science (New York, N.Y.), 347(6224), 870–874.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Vrebalov, J., Ruezinsky, D., Padmanabhan, V., White, R., Medrano, D., Drake, R., Schuch, W., & Giovannoni, J. (2002). A MADS-box gene necessary for fruit ripening at the tomato ripening-inhibitor (rin) locus. Science (New York, N.Y.), 296(5566), 343–346.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Tsai, C. S. (2006). Biomacromolecules. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Parinov, I. A., Chang, S.-H., & Topolov, V. Y. (Eds.). (2016). Advanced Materials: Manufacturing, Physics, Mechanics and Applications (1st ed. 2016, Vol. 175). Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Walsh, M. E., Theodorakakis, M. D., & Backe, S. (2016). Redesigning a Core Function of Schools: A Systemic, Evidence-Based Approach to Student Support. In H. A. Lawson & D. van Veen (Eds.), Developing Community Schools, Community Learning Centers, Extended-service Schools and Multi-service Schools: International Exemplars for Practice, Policy and Research (pp. 127–147). Springer International Publishing.

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 Engineering Science.

Blog post

Hale, T. (2016, October 13). JAXA Releases Mind-Blowing Shots Of The Moon’s Surface. 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. (2006). Child Care and Early Childhood Education: More Information Sharing and Program Review by HHS Could Enhance Access for Families with Limited English Proficiency (Chinese Version) (GAO-06-950). U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kamph, M. (2017). Examining Commodity, Agency, and Value: Prehistoric French Replicas, Casts, and “Frauds” within the National Museum of Natural History’s Collection [Doctoral dissertation]. George Washington 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

Williams, J. (2016, December 21). A Comedian’s Embroidered Life. New York Times, C4.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (McKnight, 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Kimmel & Parent, 2003; McKnight, 2010).

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

Two authors: (Kimmel & Parent, 2003)
Three authors: (Winter et al., 2015)
6 or more authors: (Vrebalov et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Journal of Engineering Science
Abbreviation	Int. J. Eng. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0020-7225
Scope	General Engineering