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

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

Giles J. Think like a bee. Nature 2001;410:510–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Boetius A, Joye S. Ecology. Thriving in salt. Science 2009;324:1523–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Park S-H, Zarrinpar A, Lim WA. Rewiring MAP kinase pathways using alternative scaffold assembly mechanisms. Science 2003;299:1061–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Wang Z, Wu J, Yang W, Bera AK, Kamenskyi D, Islam ATMN, et al. Experimental observation of Bethe strings. Nature 2018;554:219–23.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Allsopp W. Advanced Penetration Testing. Indianapolis, Indiana: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Abawajy JH, Mukherjea S, Thampi SM, Ruiz-Martínez A, editors. Security in Computing and Communications: Third International Symposium, SSCC 2015, Kochi, India, August 10-13, 2015. Proceedings. vol. 536. 1st ed. 2015. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Hazzan O, Lapidot T, Ragonis N. Problem-Solving Strategies. In: Lapidot T, Ragonis N, editors. Guide to Teaching Computer Science: An Activity-Based Approach, London: Springer; 2014, p. 75–93.

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 International Journal of Impact Engineering.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. 25 Bizarre Genetic And Developmental Mistakes You Have to See to Believe. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/25-disturbing-freaks-nature-you-have-see-believe/ (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. Cloud Computing: Additional Opportunities and Savings Need to Be Pursued. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Ren W. The Portrayal of Risk-taking Behaviors in Traffic on the Prime-time Television Series. Doctoral dissertation. Southern Illinois University, 2013.

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]

Kenigsberg B. Film Series. New York Times 2017:C30.

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 Impact Engineering
Abbreviation	Int. J. Impact Eng.
ISSN (print)	0734-743X
Scope	Aerospace Engineering Automotive Engineering Civil and Structural Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials Ocean Engineering Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality