How to format your references using the Journal of Architectural Engineering citation style

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

Kelly, J. D. 2014. “Make diagnostic centres a priority for Ebola crisis.” Nature, 513 (7517): 145.

A journal article with 2 authors

Mulligan, S. J., and B. A. MacVicar. 2004. “Calcium transients in astrocyte endfeet cause cerebrovascular constrictions.” Nature, 431 (7005): 195–199.

A journal article with 3 authors

Mace, K. A., J. C. Pearson, and W. McGinnis. 2005. “An epidermal barrier wound repair pathway in Drosophila is mediated by grainy head.” Science, 308 (5720): 381–385.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Striepens, N., K. M. Kendrick, V. Hanking, R. Landgraf, U. Wüllner, W. Maier, and R. Hurlemann. 2013. “Elevated cerebrospinal fluid and blood concentrations of oxytocin following its intranasal administration in humans.” Sci. Rep., 3: 3440.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lachin, J. M. 2010. Biostatistical Methods: The Assessment of Relative Risks. Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Baloian, N., Y. Zorian, P. Taslakian, and S. Shoukouryan (Eds.). 2015. Collaboration and Technology: 21st International Conference, CRIWG 2015, Yerevan, Armenia, September 22-25, 2015, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Beierle, C., C. Eichhorn, and G. Kern-Isberner. 2016. “Skeptical Inference Based on C-Representations and Its Characterization as a Constraint Satisfaction Problem.” Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems: 9th International Symposium, FoIKS 2016, Linz, Austria, March 7-11, 2016. Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, M. Gyssens and G. Simari, eds., 65–82. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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 Architectural Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2014. “Invasion of the strange sailor jellyfish – what are they, and will they sting us?” IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/invasion-strange-sailor-jellyfish-what-are-they-and-will-they-sting-us/.

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. 2011. Surface Freight Transportation: A Comparison of the Costs of Road, Rail, and Waterways Freight Shipments That Are Not Passed on to Consumers. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Tabellario, C. M. 2009. “A plan to establish a financial counseling center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach.” Doctoral dissertation. Long Beach, CA: California State University, Long Beach.

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

Hubbard, B. 2016. “Decline in Oil Prices Lands on Government Workers as Saudi Arabia Cuts Paychecks.” New York Times, September 27, 2016.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Kelly 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Kelly 2014; Mulligan and MacVicar 2004).

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

Two authors: (Mulligan and MacVicar 2004)
Three or more authors: (Striepens et al. 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Architectural Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Archit. Eng.
ISSN (print)	1076-0431
ISSN (online)	1943-5568
Scope	Visual Arts and Performing Arts Civil and Structural Engineering Building and Construction Architecture