How to format your references using the Journal of Advanced Research citation style

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

Schaefer HF. Paul von Ragué Schleyer (1930-2014). Nature 2015;517:22.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Daubin V, Moran NA. Comment on “The origins of genome complexity.” Science 2004;306:978; author reply 978.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Sia GM, Clem RL, Huganir RL. The human language-associated gene SRPX2 regulates synapse formation and vocalization in mice. Science 2013;342:987–91.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Hunt B, Pratt E, Gadagkar V, Yamashita M, Balatsky AV, Davis JC. Evidence for a superglass state in solid 4He. Science 2009;324:632–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Nagasawa M. Physical Chemistry of Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Advances in Chemical Physics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

[1]

Öchsner A, Murch GE, editors. Heat Transfer in Multi-Phase Materials. vol. 2. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Schilling M, Cruse H. The Evolution of Cognition — From First Order to Second Order Embodiment. In: Wachsmuth I, Knoblich G, editors. Modeling Communication with Robots and Virtual Humans: Second ZiF Research Group International Workshop on Embodied Communication in Humans and Machines, Bielefeld, Germany, April 5-8, 2006, Revised Selected Papers, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008, p. 77–108.

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 Advanced Research.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. Fifty Years Ago, The Sugar Industry Was Funding Research Downplaying Its Effect On Health. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/fifty-years-ago-the-sugar-industry-was-funding-research-downplaying-its-effect-on-health/ (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. Tongass Timber Reform Act: Implementation of the Act’s Contract Modification Requirements. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Yao D. In situ activity of NAC11-7 roseobacters in coastal waters off the Chesapeake Bay based on ftsZ expression. Doctoral dissertation. University of Maryland, College Park, 2009.

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]

Gurley G. That Extra Mile for Love. New York Times 2015:D1.

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 Advanced Research
Abbreviation	J. Adv. Res.
ISSN (print)	2090-1232
Scope	Multidisciplinary