How to format your references using the Journal of Materials Science citation style

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

Hoffman S (2004) Save the children. Nature 430:940–941

A journal article with 2 authors

Tokuriki N, Tawfik DS (2009) Protein dynamism and evolvability. Science 324:203–207

A journal article with 3 authors

Kalab P, Weis K, Heald R (2002) Visualization of a Ran-GTP gradient in interphase and mitotic Xenopus egg extracts. Science 295:2452–2456

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Piatkevich KD, Malashkevich VN, Morozova KS, et al (2013) Extended Stokes shift in fluorescent proteins: chromophore-protein interactions in a near-infrared TagRFP675 variant. Sci Rep 3:1847

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Koch SN, Torres SMF, Plumb DC (2012) Canine and Feline Dermatology Drug Handbook. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,., West Sussex, UK

An edited book

Eigen S (2014) Weakly Wandering Sequences in Ergodic Theory. Springer Japan, Tokyo

A chapter in an edited book

Sharma S, Gupta R, Dugar G, Srivastava AK (2012) Impact of Application of Biofertilizers on Soil Structure and Resident Microbial Community Structure and Function. In: Maheshwari DK (ed) Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp 65–77

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 Materials Science.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J (2017) Bloodhound Supersonic 1,000mph Car To Be Driven For The First Time In October. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/bloodhound-supersonic-1000mph-car-to-be-driven-for-the-first-time-in-october/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (2009) Transportation Worker Identification Credential: Progress Made in Enrolling Workers and Activating Credentials but Evaluation Plan Needed to Help Inform the Implementation of Card Readers. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Olanisa EL (2012) Mental health issues and use of health care services among older immigrant women in California. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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

(nyt) SK (2005) World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Arson Suspected In Synagogue Fire. New York Times A9

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 Materials Science
Abbreviation	J. Mater. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0022-2461
ISSN (online)	1573-4803
Scope	Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials General Materials Science