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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Adhesion 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	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]

Klein J. Smart polymer solutions. Nature. 2000;405(6788):745, 747.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Lu T, Wheeler SE. Organic chemistry. Harnessing weak interactions for enantioselective catalysis. Science. 2015;347(6223):719–720.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Garner HR, McIver LJ, Waitzkin MB. Research funding: Same work, twice the money? Nature. 2013;493(7434):599–601.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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McAdam AJ, Greenwald RJ, Levin MA, et al. ICOS is critical for CD40-mediated antibody class switching. Nature. 2001;409(6816):102–105.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Belfiore LA. Physical Properties of Macromolecules. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Neuhuber WL, editor. Innervation of the Mammalian Esophagus. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

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Hu R, Dong S, Wang H, et al. Perceptual Characteristic and Compression Research in 3D Audio Technology. In: Aramaki M, Barthet M, Kronland-Martinet R, et al., editors. From Sounds to Music and Emotions: 9th International Symposium, CMMR 2012, London, UK, June 19-22, 2012, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 82–98.

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 Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology.

Blog post

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Hale T. The UK Will Ban Plastic Microbeads By 2017 [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/the-uk-will-ban-plastic-microbeads-by-2017/.

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

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Government Accountability Office. Many Proprietary Schools Do Not Comply With Department of Education’s Pell Grant Program Requirements. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1984. Report No.: HRD-84-17. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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Gogni de Tolentino MG. Challenges and successes of monolingual Spanish-speaking foster parents [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: 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]

Billard M. A Clog for All Seasons. New York Times. 2010 Oct 21;E6.

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	Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology
Abbreviation	J. Adhes. Sci. Technol.
ISSN (print)	0169-4243
ISSN (online)	1568-5616
Scope	General Chemistry Mechanics of Materials Materials Chemistry Surfaces, Coatings and Films Surfaces and Interfaces