How to format your references using the Journal of Global Optimization citation style

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

Alesina, A.: Economics. Women, fertility, and the rise of modern capitalism. Science. 342, 427–428 (2013)

A journal article with 2 authors

Neale, M.J., Keeney, S.: Clarifying the mechanics of DNA strand exchange in meiotic recombination. Nature. 442, 153–158 (2006)

A journal article with 3 authors

Sun, X., Mariani, F.V., Martin, G.R.: Functions of FGF signalling from the apical ectodermal ridge in limb development. Nature. 418, 501–508 (2002)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Mortuza, G.B., Haire, L.F., Stevens, A., Smerdon, S.J., Stoye, J.P., Taylor, I.A.: High-resolution structure of a retroviral capsid hexameric amino-terminal domain. Nature. 431, 481–485 (2004)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Neupert, R.: French Animation History. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK (2011)

An edited book

Botana, F., Recio, T. eds: Automated Deduction in Geometry: 6th International Workshop, ADG 2006, Pontevedra, Spain, August 31-September 2, 2006. Revised Papers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2007)

A chapter in an edited book

Phillips, R., Sung, H., Whitsett, A.: State Level Applications: Developing a Policy Support and Public Awareness Indicator Project. In: Sirgy, M.J., Phillips, R., and Rahtz, D. (eds.) Community Quality-of-Life Indicators: Best Cases VI. pp. 99–117. 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 Global Optimization.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J.: NASA Prepares To Launch Groundbreaking Asteroid Sample Return Mission

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: Disparities Still Exist in Who Gets Special Education. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1981)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hoang, T.T.: Acoustic and Image Vehicle Classification System, (2017)

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

Wagner, J.: Harvey and the Mets Struggle Again, (2017)

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 Global Optimization
Abbreviation	J. Glob. Optim.
ISSN (print)	0925-5001
ISSN (online)	1573-2916
Scope	Computer Science Applications Management Science and Operations Research Applied Mathematics Control and Optimization