How to format your references using the International Journal of Information Security citation style

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

Gogotsi, Y.: Materials science. High-temperature rubber made from carbon nanotubes. Science. 330, 1332–1333 (2010)

A journal article with 2 authors

Theler, D., Allain, F.H.-T.: Molecular biology: RNA modification does a regulatory two-step. Nature. 518, 492–493 (2015)

A journal article with 3 authors

Grinberg, I., Cooper, V.R., Rappe, A.M.: Relationship between local structure and phase transitions of a disordered solid solution. Nature. 419, 909–911 (2002)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Song, N.-N., Ke, Y.-J., Yang, H.-T., Zhang, H., Zhang, X.-Q., Shen, B.-G., Cheng, Z.-H.: Integrating giant microwave absorption with magnetic refrigeration in one multifunctional intermetallic compound of LaFe(11.6)Si(1.4)C(0.2)H(1.7). Sci. Rep. 3, 2291 (2013)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Khouw, M.C., Guthner, M.W.: The Options Edge + Free Trial. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ (2016)

An edited book

Crowhurst, M. ed: Beginning Teachers: Reviewing Disastrous Lessons. SensePublishers, Rotterdam (2015)

A chapter in an edited book

Cartier, P., Dhombres, J., Heinzmann, G., Villani, C.: The Nature and Challenges of Mathematics Research. In: Dhombres, J., Heinzmann, G., and Villani, C. (eds.) Freedom in Mathematics. pp. 63–109. Springer India, New Delhi (2016)

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 Information Security.

Blog post

Andrew, E.: Scientists Find Sharks Have Personalities, https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/scientists-find-sharks-have-different-social-personalities/

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: Space Transportation: Challenges Facing NASA’s Space Launch Initiative. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2002)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Cummins, K.: A Mixed Methods Study on The Leader in Me Process: How Does Fostering Student Leadership Capacity Influence Behavior, Efficacy, and Achievement?, (2015)

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

Saslow, L.: Citing Taxes, Some Seek Fire District’s Demise, (2009)

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 Information Security
Abbreviation	Int. J. Inf. Secur.
ISSN (print)	1615-5262
ISSN (online)	1615-5270
Scope	Computer Networks and Communications Information Systems Software Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality