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

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

Davis MM. Immunology. Flexibility for specificity. Science 2015;347:371–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Wells JA, Kossiakoff AA. Cell biology. New tricks for an old dimer. Science 2014;344:703–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Wilson RI, Turner GC, Laurent G. Transformation of olfactory representations in the Drosophila antennal lobe. Science 2004;303:366–70.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Hedenström A, Johansson LC, Wolf M, von Busse R, Winter Y, Spedding GR. Bat flight generates complex aerodynamic tracks. Science 2007;316:894–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Johnston D. A Brief History of Justice. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Sarma KV. Gaṇita-Yukti-Bhāṣā (Rationales in Mathematical Astronomy) of Jyeṣṭhadeva: Volume II - Astronomy. vol. 4. Gurgaon: Hindustan Book Agency; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Bryant B, Jézéquel J-M, Lämmel R, Mernik M, Schindler M, Steinmann F, et al. Globalized Domain Specific Language Engineering. In: Combemale B, Cheng BHC, France RB, Jézéquel J-M, Rumpe B, editors. Globalizing Domain-Specific Languages: International Dagstuhl Seminar, Dagstuhl Castle, Germany, October 5-10, 2014, Revised Papers, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015, p. 43–69.

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 Materiomics.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. Moonwalking Flies! IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/moonwalking-flies/ (accessed October 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Air Traffic Control: FAA’s Transition of Communications System to Digital Technology. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Darnell C. Sharecropping in Higher Education: Case Study of the Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University - Florida State University Joint College of Engineering. Doctoral dissertation. Indiana University, 2017.

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]

Koblin J. Amazon Executive Resigns After Harassment Claim. New York Times 2017:B6.

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 Materiomics
ISSN (print)	2352-8478
Scope

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