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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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]

Ball P. DNA: Celebrate the unknowns. Nature 2013;496:419–20.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Vukusic P, Hooper I. Directionally controlled fluorescence emission in butterflies. Science 2005;310:1151.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Falenty A, Hansen TC, Kuhs WF. Formation and properties of ice XVI obtained by emptying a type sII clathrate hydrate. Nature 2014;516:231–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Marlar RA, Leonard BL, Billman BR, Lambert PM, Marlar JE. Biochemical evidence of cannibalism at a prehistoric Puebloan site in southwestern Colorado. Nature 2000;407:74–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Yang S, Xu J-X, Li X, Shen D. Iterative Learning Control for Multi-agent Systems Coordination. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Li X, Kirley M, Zhang M, Green D, Ciesielski V, Abbass H, et al., editors. Simulated Evolution and Learning: 7th International Conference, SEAL 2008, Melbourne, Australia, December 7-10, 2008. Proceedings. vol. 5361. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Alió JL, Agarwal A, Klonowski P. 0.7 mm Microincision Cataract Surgery. In: Alió JL, Fine IH, editors. Minimizing Incisions and Maximizing Outcomes in Cataract Surgery, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010, p. 13–23.

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. ExxonMobil Under Investigation Over Claims It Lied To The Public Over Climate Change. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/exxonmobil-under-investigation-claims-lying-public-and-investors-over-climate-change/ (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. Space Shuttle Facility Program: More Definitive Cost Information Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1977.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Le Blanc JD. Helping African American Middle School Students Transition to High School with the New Normal Project: A Grant Proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2017.

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]

Kenigsberg B. The King’s Choice. New York Times 2017:C11.

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