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

Smaglik P (2003) Seeking out the élite. Nature 423:97

A journal article with 2 authors

Marks TJ, Hersam MC (2015) Materials science: Semiconductors grown large and thin. Nature 520:631–632

A journal article with 3 authors

Ahlberg PE, Clack JA, Blom H (2005) The axial skeleton of the Devonian tetrapod Ichthyostega. Nature 437:137–140

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Lim MM, Wang Z, Olazábal DE, et al (2004) Enhanced partner preference in a promiscuous species by manipulating the expression of a single gene. Nature 429:754–757

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Dye FJ (2017) Dictionary of Stem Cells, Regenerative Medicine, and Translational Medicine. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey

An edited book

İnan E, Sengupta D, Banerjee M, et al (2008) Vibration Problems ICOVP-2007. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht

A chapter in an edited book

Andresen E (2016) Compensation for Human Rights Violations in Estonia. In: Bagińska E (ed) Damages for Violations of Human Rights: A Comparative Study of Domestic Legal Systems. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 43–67

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

Hamilton K (2017) Sleep Deprivation Makes The Brain Go Into Overdrive And “Eat Itself’. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/sleep-deprivation-makes-the-brain-go-into-overdrive-and-eat-itself/. 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 (1975) Further Actions Needed To Centralize Procurement of Automatic Data Processing Equipment To Comply With Objectives of Public Law 89-306. 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

Alai NL (2017) Development of a Sport-Specific Curriculum Addressing Selfefficacy to Optimize Carbohydrate and Calorie Intake Among Male and Female High School Cross-Country Runners. 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

Hollander S (2000) Banks Scores Six Goals As Syracuse Wins Title. New York Times D6

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