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

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

Brandenburg A. Cosmology. Magnetic mysteries. Science. 2001 Jun 29;292(5526):2440–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jaeger H, Haas H. Harnessing nonlinearity: predicting chaotic systems and saving energy in wireless communication. Science. 2004 Apr 2;304(5667):78–80.

A journal article with 3 authors

Llopart A, Elwyn S, Coyne JA. Pigmentation and mate choice in Drosophila. Nature. 2002 Sep 26;419(6905):360; discussion 360.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Sturm A, Amino R, van de Sand C, Regen T, Retzlaff S, Rennenberg A, et al. Manipulation of host hepatocytes by the malaria parasite for delivery into liver sinusoids. Science. 2006 Sep 1;313(5791):1287–90.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Radoine H. Architecture in Context. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

Shayler DJ. NASA’s Scientist-Astronauts. Burgess C, editor. New York, NY: Praxis; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

Van Breussegem T, Steyaert M. Noise Reduction by Multi-Phase Interleaving and Fragmentation. In: Steyaert M, editor. CMOS Integrated Capacitive DC-DC Converters. New York, NY: Springer; 2013. p. 91–110.

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 Analytical Science and Technology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Watch This Week’s Total Solar Eclipse Live [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/live-stream-total-solar-eclipse/

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. Federally Funded Research: Controlling Inappropriate Access to Research Results. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 Mar. Report No.: T-RCED-93-19.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Strong M. Investigation and Characterization of Features on a Cretaceous-Paleogene Seismic Horizon in Northern Louisiana [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2013.

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

Brantley B. King Leontes Is Insane. It’s as Simple (and as Scary) as That. New York Times. 2016 Dec 7;C7.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Brandenburg 2001).
This sentence cites two references (Brandenburg 2001; Jaeger and Haas 2004).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Jaeger and Haas 2004)
Three or more authors: (Sturm et al. 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Analytical Science and Technology
Abbreviation	J. Anal. Sci. Technol.
ISSN (online)	2093-3371
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