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

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

C.A. Donnelly. Likely size of the French BSE epidemic. Nature 2000, 408 (6814), 787–788.

A journal article with 2 authors

T.H. Solomon, I. Mezić. Uniform resonant chaotic mixing in fluid flows. Nature 2003, 425 (6956), 376–380.

A journal article with 3 authors

B. Koo, C. Nottenburg, P.G. Pardey. Intellectual property. Plants and intellectual property: an international appraisal. Science 2004, 306 (5700), 1295–1297.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

A.G. Sanfey, J.K. Rilling, J.A. Aronson, L.E. Nystrom, J.D. Cohen. The neural basis of economic decision-making in the Ultimatum Game. Science 2003, 300 (5626), 1755–1758.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

G. J.G. Upton. Categorical Data Analysis by Example; John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2016.

An edited book

Pancreatic Cystic Neoplasms: From Imaging to Differential Diagnosis and Management; Sakorafas, G. H., Smyrniotis, V., Sarr, M. G., Eds.; Springer, Milano, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

R. Hampp, A. Hartmann, U. Nehls. The Rhizosphere: Molecular Interactions Between Microorganisms and Roots. In Growth and Defence in Plants: Resource Allocation at Multiple Scales; Matyssek, R., Schnyder, H., Oßwald, W., Ernst, D., Munch, J. C., Pretzsch, H., Eds.; Ecological Studies; Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012; pp 111–139.

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 Integrated Science and Technology.

Blog post

E. Andrew. Drying Inland Seas Probably Helped Kill Australia’s Megafauna https://www.iflscience.com/environment/drying-inland-seas-probably-helped-kill-australia-s-megafauna/ (accessed Oct 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. Continuing Educational Programs for Scientists and Engineers; PSAD-78-75; U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1978.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

S.A. Klippel. The Celtic siren: A case study of William Sharp’s seduction experience in which the numinous other is understood and interpreted. Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA, 2005.

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

G. Vecsey. Yankees and Red Sox Make September Meaningful. New York Times. September 28, 2010, p B17.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Integrated Science and Technology
ISSN (print)	2321-4635
Scope