How to format your references using the Journal of Internet Services and Applications citation style

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

1. Yartsev MM. Eppendorf. Space bats: multidimensional spatial representation in the bat. Science. 2013;342:573–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Haiser HJ, Turnbaugh PJ. Is it time for a metagenomic basis of therapeutics? Science. 2012;336:1253–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Rogina B, Helfand SL, Frankel S. Longevity regulation by Drosophila Rpd3 deacetylase and caloric restriction. Science. 2002;298:1745.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Sudarsan N, Lee ER, Weinberg Z, Moy RH, Kim JN, Link KH, et al. Riboswitches in eubacteria sense the second messenger cyclic di-GMP. Science. 2008;321:411–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Jank W, Shmueli G. Modeling Online Auctions. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

1. Poveda RL. Carbon Nanofiber Reinforced Polymer Composites. 1st ed. 2016. Gupta N, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Neema M, Dandamudi VSR, Arora A, Stankiewicz J, Bakshi R. T1 Black Holes and Gray Matter Damage. In: Filippi M, Rovaris M, Comi G, editors. Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis. Milano: Springer; 2007. p. 37–45.

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 Internet Services and Applications.

Blog post

1. Andrews R. Scientists Say We Shouldn’t Resurrect Prehistoric Beasts From Beyond The Grave. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Intermodal Freight Transportation: Projects and Planning Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996 Jul. Report No.: NSIAD-96-159.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Kim S. Characterization of Ribosomal S6 Protein Phosphorylation and Posssible Control of Ribosome Biogenesis in Arabidopsis Cell Culture [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2004.

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

1. Walsh MW. Witness Cites Recipe for Toxic Air, and Debt, at Puerto Rico’s Power Company. New York Times. 2016 Feb 16;B1.

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 Internet Services and Applications
Abbreviation	J. Internet Serv. Appl.
ISSN (print)	1867-4828
ISSN (online)	1869-0238
Scope	Computer Networks and Communications Computer Science Applications