How to format your references using the Journal of Imaging citation style

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

Gibson, D.R. Nuclear Deterrence: Decisions at the Brink. Nature 2012, 487, 27–29.

A journal article with 2 authors

Bernays, E.A.; Singer, M.S. Insect Defences: Taste Alteration and Endoparasites. Nature 2005, 436, 476.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lupp, C.; Skipper, M.; Weiss, U. Gut Microbes and Health. Nature 2012, 489, 219.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Metrangolo, P.; Carcenac, Y.; Lahtinen, M.; Pilati, T.; Rissanen, K.; Vij, A.; Resnati, G. Nonporous Organic Solids Capable of Dynamically Resolving Mixtures of Diiodoperfluoroalkanes. Science 2009, 323, 1461–1464.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Coates, M.; Jenkins, B. Electrical Installation Calculations: For Compliance with BS 7671:2008; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, 2010; ISBN 9781444324273.

An edited book

Electrophysiology and Psychophysiology in Psychiatry and Psychopharmacology; Kumari, V., Bob, P., Boutros, N.N., Eds.; Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2014; Vol. 21; ISBN 9783319127682.

A chapter in an edited book

Alimaev, I.I.; Kerven, C.; Torekhanov, A.; Behnke, R.; Smailov, K.; Yurchenko, V.; Sisatov, Z.; Shanbaev, K. The Impact of Livestock Grazing on Soils and Vegetation Around Settlements in Southeast Kazakhstan. In The Socio-Economic Causes and Consequences of Desertification in Central Asia; Behnke, R., Ed.; NATO Science for Peace and Security Series; Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2008; pp. 81–112 ISBN 9781402085437.

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 Imaging.

Blog post

Luntz, S. These Skyscrapers Will Clean Pollution From The Surrounding Water And Air Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/these-skyscrapers-will-clean-pollution-surrounding-water-and-air/ (accessed on 30 October 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 Air Traffic Control: Complete and Enforced Architecture Needed for FAA Systems Modernization; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1997;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Fulton, E. Differential Effects of Nicotine on Prospective Memory, Sustained Attention, and Working Memory. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 2010.

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

Oestreich, J.R. Brahms Wrote It for His Mother and His Friend Robert. New York Times 2017, C7.

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 Imaging
Abbreviation	J. Imaging
ISSN (online)	2313-433X
Scope