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

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

[1]

Joyce, G. F., 2007, “Obituary: Leslie Orgel (1927-2007),” Nature, 450(7170), p. 627.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

McCormick, C., and Ganem, D., 2005, “The Kaposin B Protein of KSHV Activates the P38/MK2 Pathway and Stabilizes Cytokine MRNAs,” Science, 307(5710), pp. 739–741.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Chester, J. S., Chester, F. M., and Kronenberg, A. K., 2005, “Fracture Surface Energy of the Punchbowl Fault, San Andreas System,” Nature, 437(7055), pp. 133–136.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Takasaki, T., Hatakeyama, K., Suzuki, G., Watanabe, M., Isogai, A., and Hinata, K., 2000, “The S Receptor Kinase Determines Self-Incompatibility in Brassica Stigma,” Nature, 403(6772), pp. 913–916.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Ersoy, O. K., 2007, Diffraction, Fourier Optics and Imaging, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

[1]

Fan, X. J., and Suhir, E., eds., 2010, Moisture Sensitivity of Plastic Packages of IC Devices, Springer US, Boston, MA.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Jungck, P., Duncan, R., and Mulcahy, D., 2011, “Construction of a PacketC Program,” PacketC Programming, R. Duncan, and D. Mulcahy, eds., Apress, Berkeley, CA, pp. 39–52.

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 Fuel Cell Science and Technology.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz, S., 2015, “Cosmic Winds Shape Dust Clouds At Galactic Edge,” IFLScience.

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, 1998, Year 2000 Computing Crisis: Strong Leadership and Partnerships Needed to Address Risk of Major Disruptions, T-AIMD-98-266, 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]

Sutherland, C. E., 2013, “Positive Deviance during Organization Change: Researchers’ Social Construction of Expanded University Goals,” Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University.

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]

Walsh, M. W., 2016, “Team of 7 From Finance and Law to Oversee Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Affairs,” New York Times, p. B3.

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 Fuel Cell Science and Technology
Abbreviation	J. Fuel Cell Sci. Technol.
ISSN (print)	1550-624X
ISSN (online)	1551-6989
Scope	Energy Engineering and Power Technology Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials