How to format your references using the Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry citation style

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

Feng, J.L.: Physics. Searching for gravity’s hidden strength. Science. 302, 795–797 (2003)

A journal article with 2 authors

Loog, M., Morgan, D.O.: Cyclin specificity in the phosphorylation of cyclin-dependent kinase substrates. Nature. 434, 104–108 (2005)

A journal article with 3 authors

Ferrier, K.L., Huppert, K.L., Perron, J.T.: Climatic control of bedrock river incision. Nature. 496, 206–209 (2013)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Liu, J., Daily, G.C., Ehrlich, P.R., Luck, G.W.: Effects of household dynamics on resource consumption and biodiversity. Nature. 421, 530–533 (2003)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Zhao, G.: Reuse and Recycling of Lithium-Ion Power Batteries. John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd, Singapore (2017)

An edited book

Nagai, Y. ed: Sendai Virus Vector: Advantages and Applications. Springer Japan, Tokyo (2013)

A chapter in an edited book

Sadia, Y., Ben-Yehuda, O., Gelbstein, Y.: Highly Efficient Segmented p-type Thermoelectric Leg. In: Zlatic, V. and Hewson, A. (eds.) New Materials for Thermoelectric Applications: Theory and Experiment. pp. 59–65. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht (2013)

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 Atmospheric Chemistry.

Blog post

Fang, J.: Can You Really “Catch A Cold” When It’s Cold Out?, https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/can-you-really-catch-cold-when-its-cold-out/

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: Use Of Missile Procurement Funds To Finance Research And Development Efforts. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1969)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Reilly, J.M.: The role of public opinion in China’s Japan policy: 1997–2007, (2008)

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

Saslow, L.: New Setting for Double-Diamond Cottage, (2006)

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Feng 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Feng 2003; Loog and Morgan 2005).

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

Two authors: (Loog and Morgan 2005)
Three or more authors: (Liu et al. 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry
Abbreviation	J. Atmos. Chem.
ISSN (print)	0167-7764
ISSN (online)	1573-0662
Scope	Atmospheric Science Environmental Chemistry

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