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]

Willyard C. Stem cells: A time to heal. Nature. 2013;503(7475):S4-6.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Scholes RJ, Noble IR. Climate change. Storing carbon on land. Science. 2001;294(5544):1012–1013.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Rieping W, Habeck M, Nilges M. Inferential structure determination. Science. 2005;309(5732):303–306.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Holmes KC, Angert I, Kull FJ, et al. Electron cryo-microscopy shows how strong binding of myosin to actin releases nucleotide. Nature. 2003;425(6956):423–427.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Lau JYF. An Introduction to Critical Thinking and Creativity. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Lin CY-Y. National Intellectual Capital and the Financial Crisis in Brazil, Russia, India, China, Korea, and South Africa. Edvinsson L, Chen J, Beding T, editors. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Lavretsky E, Wise KA. State Feedback H∞ Optimal Control. In: Wise KA, editor. Robust and Adaptive Control: With Aerospace Applications. London: Springer; 2013. p. 73–96.

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

[1]

Fang J. Million-Year-Old Monkey Fossil Discovered In Underwater Cave [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/million-year-old-monkey-fossil-discovered-underwater-cave/.

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. Federal Family Education Loan Program: Increased Department of Education Oversight of Lender and School Activities Needed to Help Ensure Program Compliance. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007. Report No.: GAO-07-750. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Chellamuthu VK. Structured Population Models: Numerical Methods and Application to Frogs Infected with Chytridiomycosis [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 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

[1]

Greenhouse L. Detainees at Guantánamo Fight Further Appeal Delay. New York Times. 2008 Feb 22;A17.

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