How to format your references using the Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Electromagnetic Waves and Applications. 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]

Keller EF. A clash of two cultures. Nature. 2007;445:603.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Muoio DM, Newgard CB. Biomedicine. Insulin resistance takes a trip through the ER. Science. 2004;306:425–426.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Koo B, Nottenburg C, Pardey PG. Intellectual property. Plants and intellectual property: an international appraisal. Science. 2004;306:1295–1297.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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Muijres FT, Johansson LC, Barfield R, et al. Leading-edge vortex improves lift in slow-flying bats. Science. 2008;319:1250–1253.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Chaskalson M. The Mindful Workplace. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Sandkuhl K, Seigerroth U, Stirna J, editors. The Practice of Enterprise Modeling: 5th IFIP WG 8.1 Working Conference, PoEM 2012, Rostock, Germany, November 7-8, 2012. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

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Lavretsky E, Wise KA. State Feedback H∞ Optimal Control. In: Wise KA, editor. Robust and Adaptive Control: With Aerospace Applications. London: Springer; 2013. p. 73–96.

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 Electromagnetic Waves and Applications.

Blog post

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Taub B. Riding A Roller Coaster Can Help Get Rid Of Kidney Stones [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/riding-roller-coaster-can-help-get-rid-kidney-stones/.

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

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Government Accountability Office. Education and Employment Issue Area--Active Assignments. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997. Report No.: AA-97-13(1). .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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Green B. Bullying of Individuals with Disabilities on a College Campus: A Qualitative Study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2014.

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]

Pilon M. Once Known For Hunting, Now for Humor. New York Times. 2013 Feb 13;B15.

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 Electromagnetic Waves and Applications
Abbreviation	J. Electromagn. Waves Appl.
ISSN (print)	0920-5071
ISSN (online)	1569-3937
Scope	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials General Physics and Astronomy

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