How to format your references using the International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Machine Learning and Cybernetics. 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

Sachdev H (2015) MATERIALS SCIENCE. Disclosing boron’s thinnest side. Science 350:1468–1469

A journal article with 2 authors

Ruths J, Ruths D (2014) Network models. Response to Comment on “Control profiles of complex networks.” Science 346:561

A journal article with 3 authors

Lee D-H, Kwon K-H, Yi CS (2011) Selective catalytic C-H alkylation of alkenes with alcohols. Science 333:1613–1616

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Ryu J-H, Kim S-H, Lee H-Y, et al (2008) Innate immune homeostasis by the homeobox gene caudal and commensal-gut mutualism in Drosophila. Science 319:777–782

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Vettese F (2015) The Essential Retirement Guide. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Skerrett K, Fergus K (2015) Couple Resilience: Emerging Perspectives. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht

A chapter in an edited book

Dührkop K, Ludwig M, Meusel M, Böcker S (2013) Faster Mass Decomposition. In: Darling A, Stoye J (eds) Algorithms in Bioinformatics: 13th International Workshop, WABI 2013, Sophia Antipolis, France, September 2-4, 2013. Proceedings. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 45–58

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 Machine Learning and Cybernetics.

Blog post

Hale T (2016) You Can Draw Electrical Circuits With This Silver Pen. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/you-can-draw-electrical-circuits-with-this-silver-pen/. Accessed 30 Oct 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

Government Accountability Office (2010) National Airspace System: Setting On-Time Performance Targets at Congested Airports Could Help Focus FAA’s Actions. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hernandez L (2009) A culturally sensitive mentorship program for foster youth: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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

Dynarski S (2016) A Conveyor Belt of Dropouts and Debt. New York Times BU6

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 Machine Learning and Cybernetics
ISSN (print)	1868-8071
ISSN (online)	1868-808X
Scope	Artificial Intelligence Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Software