How to format your references using the Journal of Hydraulic Engineering citation style

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

Marraffini, L. A. 2015. “CRISPR-Cas immunity in prokaryotes.” Nature, 526 (7571): 55–61.

A journal article with 2 authors

David, L. A., and E. J. Alm. 2011. “Rapid evolutionary innovation during an Archaean genetic expansion.” Nature, 469 (7328): 93–96.

A journal article with 3 authors

Chen, S.-H., W.-R. Chen, and F. Mallamace. 2003. “The glass-to-glass transition and its end point in a copolymer micellar system.” Science, 300 (5619): 619–622.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Ishiwata, S., Y. Taguchi, H. Murakawa, Y. Onose, and Y. Tokura. 2008. “Low-magnetic-field control of electric polarization vector in a helimagnet.” Science, 319 (5870): 1643–1646.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lewis, R. J., Sr. 2008. Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference, Sixth Edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Kadarmideen, H. N. (Ed.). 2016. Systems Biology in Animal Production and Health, Vol. 2. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Nigro Neto, C., A. Slullitel, and J. G. T. Augoustides. 2014. “Can Neuraxial Anesthesia Reduce Perioperative Mortality?” Reducing Mortality in the Perioperative Period, G. Landoni, L. Ruggeri, and A. Zangrillo, eds., 31–35. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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 Hydraulic Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2015. “Scientists Make Neurons From Human Skin Cells Using Only Chemicals.” IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/scientists-make-neurons-human-skin-cells-using-only-chemicals/.

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. 2002. Aviation Security: Registered Traveler Program Policy and Implementation Issues. 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

Lawrence, B. H. 2015. “Evaluation of a cultural practice and 2,4-D-based herbicide programs for glyphosateresistant Palmer amaranth management.” Doctoral dissertation. Mississippi State, MS: Mississippi 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

Markoff, J. 2017. “Technologists Face Hurdles Before They Take Wheel.” New York Times, June 7, 2017.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Marraffini 2015).
This sentence cites two references (David and Alm 2011; Marraffini 2015).

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

Two authors: (David and Alm 2011)
Three or more authors: (Ishiwata et al. 2008)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Hydraulic Engineering
Abbreviation	J Hydraul Eng
ISSN (print)	0733-9429
ISSN (online)	1943-7900
Scope	Civil and Structural Engineering Mechanical Engineering Water Science and Technology

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