How to format your references using the Journal of Computing and information Science in Engineering citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Computing and information Science in 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	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]

Crow, M. M., 2013, “Digital Learning: Look, Then Leap,” Nature, 499(7458), pp. 275–277.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Lively, C. M., and Dybdahl, M. F., 2000, “Parasite Adaptation to Locally Common Host Genotypes,” Nature, 405(6787), pp. 679–681.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Yamashiro, H., Isomura, N., and Sakai, K., 2014, “Bloom of the Cyanobacterium Moorea Bouillonii on the Gorgonian Coral Annella Reticulata in Japan,” Sci. Rep., 4, p. 6032.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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Rosi, N. L., Giljohann, D. A., Thaxton, C. S., Lytton-Jean, A. K. R., Han, M. S., and Mirkin, C. A., 2006, “Oligonucleotide-Modified Gold Nanoparticles for Intracellular Gene Regulation,” Science, 312(5776), pp. 1027–1030.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Wright, D., 2016, Using Commercial Contracts, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.

An edited book

[1]

Blazina, C., Boyraz, G., and Shen-Miller, D., eds., 2011, The Psychology of the Human-Animal Bond: A Resource for Clinicians and Researchers, Springer, New York, NY.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Runyan, C. N., 2009, “Essential Competencies of Medical Personnel in Integrated Care Settings,” The Primary Care Toolkit: Practical Resources for the Integrated Behavioral Care Provider, W.T. O’Donohue, and L. James, eds., Springer, New York, NY, pp. 31–39.

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 Computing and information Science in Engineering.

Blog post

[1]

Andrews, R., 2017, “African Penguins Are Dying Out Thanks To Climate Change,” IFLScience. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/african-penguins-dying-out-climate-change/. [Accessed: 30-Oct-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, 1987, The Army’s Risk Assessment of Chemical Munitions Transportation, T-NSIAD-88-2, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Wisdom, V., 2015, “Reverie: A Portal to the Numinous—an Exploration into Early Childhood Psychospiritual Awareness,” Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute.

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]

Stewart, J. B., 2017, “2016’s Top Investors Offer Their Insights Into the Year Ahead,” New York Times, p. B1.

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 Computing and information Science in Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Comput. Inf. Sci. Eng.
ISSN (print)	1530-9827
ISSN (online)	1944-7078
Scope	Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design Computer Science Applications Software Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering