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

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

Fewell, J. H.: Social insect networks, Science, 301, 1867–1870, 2003.

A journal article with 2 authors

Li, X. and Xu, J.: Meta-analysis of the association between dietary lycopene intake and ovarian cancer risk in postmenopausal women, Sci. Rep., 4, 4885, 2014.

A journal article with 3 authors

Green, J. L., Bohannan, B. J. M., and Whitaker, R. J.: Microbial biogeography: from taxonomy to traits, Science, 320, 1039–1043, 2008.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Freudiger, C. W., Min, W., Saar, B. G., Lu, S., Holtom, G. R., He, C., Tsai, J. C., Kang, J. X., and Xie, X. S.: Label-free biomedical imaging with high sensitivity by stimulated Raman scattering microscopy, Science, 322, 1857–1861, 2008.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Nguyen, K., Guo, X., and Pan, Y.: Multiple Biological Sequence Alignment: Scoring Functions, Algorithms and Applications, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2016.

An edited book

Bauer, M.: Green Building: Guidebook for Sustainable Architecture, edited by: Mösle, P. and Schwarz, M., Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, VII, 210 p. 100 illus. in color pp., 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

Chue, K. L.: Examining the Influence of the Big Five Personality Traits on the Relationship Between Autonomy, Motivation and Academic Achievement in the Twenty-First-Century Learner, in: Motivation, Leadership and Curriculum design: Engaging the Net Generation and 21st Century Learners, edited by: Koh, C., Springer, Singapore, 37–52, 2015.

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 Micropalaeontology.

Blog post

Fluffy Little Ducklings Are Capable Of Abstract Thoughts: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/fluffy-little-ducklings-are-capable-of-abstract-thoughts/, last access: 30 October 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: Next Generation Air Transportation System: FAA and NASA Have Improved Human Factors Research Coordination, but Stronger Leadership Needed, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2010.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Gilmore, K. D.: With their heads in the lion’s mouth: Exploring the novels of Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison through social contract theory, Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2010.

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

Jacoby, S.: Keep the Gates of Paradise Open, New York Times, 3rd November, SR9, 2013.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Fewell, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Fewell, 2003; Li and Xu, 2014).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Li and Xu, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Freudiger et al., 2008)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Micropalaeontology
Abbreviation	J. Micropalaeontol.
ISSN (print)	0262-821X
ISSN (online)	2041-4978
Scope	Palaeontology