How to format your references using the Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering citation style

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

Ferlaino, F. 2014. “Molecular physics: Complexity trapped by simplicity.” Nature, 512 (7514): 261–262.

A journal article with 2 authors

Schnell, J. R., and J. J. Chou. 2008. “Structure and mechanism of the M2 proton channel of influenza A virus.” Nature, 451 (7178): 591–595.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hayashi, K., J. Hasegawa, and S. Matsunaga. 2013. “The boundary of the meristematic and elongation zones in roots: endoreduplication precedes rapid cell expansion.” Sci. Rep., 3: 2723.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Lanzetti, L., A. Palamidessi, L. Areces, G. Scita, and P. P. Di Fiore. 2004. “Rab5 is a signalling GTPase involved in actin remodelling by receptor tyrosine kinases.” Nature, 429 (6989): 309–314.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ming, D., D. Glasser, D. Hildebrandt, B. Glasser, and M. Metzer. 2016. Attainable Region Theory. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Lee, T.-K. 2015. Fundamentals of Lead-Free Solder Interconnect Technology: From Microstructures to Reliability. (T. R. Bieler, C.-U. Kim, and H. Ma, eds.). Boston, MA: Springer US.

A chapter in an edited book

Zeltz, C., N. Lu, and D. Gullberg. 2014. “Integrin α11β1: A Major Collagen Receptor on Fibroblastic Cells.” I Domain Integrins, Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, D. Gullberg, ed., 73–83. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

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 Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2014. “Tesla May Release Patents To Encourage Supercharger Collaborators.” IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed October 30, 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

Government Accountability Office. 1991. Mass Transit Grants: Improved Management Could Reduce Misuse of Funds in UMTA’s Region IX. 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

Woods, B. A. 2006. “The Perceived Efficacy of an Empowerment Model of Youth Development among Vermont Educational Leaders.” Doctoral dissertation. Columbus, OH: Ohio State 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

Pilon, M. 2014. “Honing Their Chances With Photos and Wit.” New York Times, February 17, 2014.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Ferlaino 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Ferlaino 2014; Schnell and Chou 2008).

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

Two authors: (Schnell and Chou 2008)
Three or more authors: (Lanzetti et al. 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Geotech. Geoenviron. Eng.
ISSN (print)	1090-0241
ISSN (online)	1943-5606
Scope	Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology General Environmental Science