How to format your references using the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information citation style

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

Brower, A.V.Z. Comment on “Molecular Phylogenies Link Rates of Evolution and Speciation” (II). Science 2004, 303, 173; author reply 173.

A journal article with 2 authors

Bhat, S.G.; Kumar, P.S.A. Room Temperature Electrical Spin Injection into GaAs by an Oxide Spin Injector. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 5588.

A journal article with 3 authors

Saitta, E.K.H.; Legron-Rodriguez, T.; Bowdon, M.A. IBI* Series Winner. An Inquiry into the Water around Us. Science 2013, 341, 971–972.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Döring, V.; Mootz, H.D.; Nangle, L.A.; Hendrickson, T.L.; de Crécy-Lagard, V.; Schimmel, P.; Marlière, P. Enlarging the Amino Acid Set of Escherichia Coli by Infiltration of the Valine Coding Pathway. Science 2001, 292, 501–504.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sengupta, D.L.; Liepa, V.V. Applied Electromagnetics and Electromagnetic Compatibility; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2005; ISBN 9780471746232.

An edited book

Briand, F.-P. Microsoft Content Management Server Field Guide; Wirsching, M., Ed.; A-Press: Berkeley, CA, 2005; ISBN 9781590595282.

A chapter in an edited book

Sun, J.; Li, X.; Zhan, Y. The Design of Image Similarity Tool Based on SCILAB. In Applied Informatics and Communication: International Conference, ICAIC 2011,Xi’an, China, August 20-21, 2011, Proceedings, Part I; Zeng, D., Ed.; Communications in Computer and Information Science; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011; pp. 25–32 ISBN 9783642232138.

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 ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information.

Blog post

Andrew, E. Eight Hours Is Enough – More Sleep Could Lead To An Early Grave (accessed on 30 October 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 Schools and Libraries Program: Application and Invoice Review Procedures Need Strengthening; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2000;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ferreira, T.J. Fragmented: Moving Away from Control. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 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

Roberts, S. Vasily Pichul, 54, Director of ‘Little Vera.’ New York Times 2015, A23.

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	ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
Abbreviation	ISPRS Int. J. Geoinf.
ISSN (online)	2220-9964
Scope