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

Wickelgren, I.: Neuroscience. Monkey see, monkey think about doing, Science, 305, 162–163, 2004.

A journal article with 2 authors

Cande, S. C. and Stegman, D. R.: Indian and African plate motions driven by the push force of the Réunion plume head, Nature, 475, 47–52, 2011.

A journal article with 3 authors

Messenger, S., Keller, L. P., and Lauretta, D. S.: Supernova olivine from cometary dust, Science, 309, 737–741, 2005.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Lee, D. S., Lee, J. S., Oh, S. H., Kim, S. K., Kim, J. W., Chung, J. K., Lee, M. C., and Kim, C. S.: Cross-modal plasticity and cochlear implants, Nature, 409, 149–150, 2001.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Xing, B., Vecitis, C. D., and Senesi, N.: Engineered Nanoparticles and the Environment: Biophysicochemical Processes and Toxicity, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2016.

An edited book

Gaisbauer, H. P., Schweiger, G., and Sedmak, C. (Eds.): Philosophical Explorations of Justice and Taxation: National and Global Issues, Springer International Publishing, Cham, VII, 236 p. 15 illus pp., 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Pollice, S., Morlino, G., Capuano, M., and Scarabino, T.: Future Developments, in: Imaging Gliomas After Treatment: A Case-based Atlas, edited by: Scarabino, T., Springer, Milano, 23–24, 2012.

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

Animal Parenting: Mothers That Play Favorites, Why Whales Have Menopause, And Adults Who Have Sex With Infants: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/guest-blog-nature-sex-3/, 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: Federal Research: Small Business Innovation Research Program Shows Success But Can Be Strengthened, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1992.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Weygandt, A.: Extension of Elementary Functions to Zeon Algebras, Doctoral dissertation, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL, 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

Stewart, J. B.: A Year of New Heights For the Dow, Led by Boeing, New York Times, 10th August, B1, 2017.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Wickelgren, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Cande and Stegman, 2011; Wickelgren, 2004).

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

Two authors: (Cande and Stegman, 2011)
Three or more authors: (Lee et al., 2001)

About the journal

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