How to format your references using the International Journal of Mining Science and Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Mining Science and Technology. 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

[1]

Cyranoski D. Critics slam treatment for SARS as ineffective and perhaps dangerous. Nature 2003;423:4.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Thisse C, Zon LI. Organogenesis--heart and blood formation from the zebrafish point of view. Science 2002;295:457–62.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Robinson CV, Sali A, Baumeister W. The molecular sociology of the cell. Nature 2007;450:973–82.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Borovikova LV, Ivanova S, Zhang M, Yang H, Botchkina GI, Watkins LR, et al. Vagus nerve stimulation attenuates the systemic inflammatory response to endotoxin. Nature 2000;405:458–62.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Scot L. The Simplified Guide to Not-for-Profit Accounting, Formation, and Reporting. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Carsrud AL. Family Firms in Transition: Case Studies on Succession, Inheritance, and Governance. New York, NY: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Hentschel C, Sack H, Steinmetz N. Cross-Dataset Learning of Visual Concepts. In: Nürnberger A, Stober S, Larsen B, Detyniecki M, editors. Adaptive Multimedia Retrieval: Semantics, Context, and Adaptation: 10th International Workshop, AMR 2012, Copenhagen, Denmark, October 24-25, 2012, Revised Selected Papers, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014, p. 87–101.

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 Mining Science and Technology.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. Male Snakes Invest Lots of Energy in Producing Mating Plugs. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/male-snakes-invest-lots-energy-producing-mating-plugs/ (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. Social Security Statements: Observations on SSA’s Plans for the Social Security Statement. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Aldaco R. Latinas attainment of higher education: What factors contribute to their success? Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2010.

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]

Wagner J. Mets Win as Bruce Drives in Five Runs With Two Homers. New York Times 2017:B13.

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 Mining Science and Technology
Abbreviation	Int. J. Min. Sci. Technol.
ISSN (print)	2095-2686
Scope	Geochemistry and Petrology Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Energy Engineering and Power Technology