How to format your references using the Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering. 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]

Fehr, E., 2004, “The Productivity of Failures,” Nature, 428(6984), p. 701.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Elbert, T., and Schauer, M., 2002, “Burnt into Memory,” Nature, 419(6910), p. 883.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Haas, W., Shepard, B. D., and Gilmore, M. S., 2002, “Two-Component Regulator of Enterococcus Faecalis Cytolysin Responds to Quorum-Sensing Autoinduction,” Nature, 415(6867), pp. 84–87.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Rothhammer, V., Borucki, D. M., Tjon, E. C., Takenaka, M. C., Chao, C.-C., Ardura-Fabregat, A., de Lima, K. A., Gutiérrez-Vázquez, C., Hewson, P., Staszewski, O., Blain, M., Healy, L., Neziraj, T., Borio, M., Wheeler, M., Dragin, L. L., Laplaud, D. A., Antel, J., Alvarez, J. I., Prinz, M., and Quintana, F. J., 2018, “Microglial Control of Astrocytes in Response to Microbial Metabolites,” Nature, 557(7707), pp. 724–728.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Zirngibl, L., 2005, Antifungal Azoles, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG.

An edited book

[1]

Sirenko, Y., and Velychko, L., eds., 2016, Electromagnetic Waves in Complex Systems: Selected Theoretical and Applied Problems, Springer International Publishing, Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Bykova, N. V., and Igamberdiev, A. U., 2016, “Redox State in Plant Mitochondria and Its Role in Stress Tolerance,” Redox State as a Central Regulator of Plant-Cell Stress Responses, D.K. Gupta, J.M. Palma, and F.J. Corpas, eds., Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 93–115.

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 Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering.

Blog post

[1]

Andrews, R., 2016, “People In The Arctic Are Hearing A Strange Pinging Noise Coming From The Sea Floor,” IFLScience. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/people-in-the-arctic-are-hearing-a-strange-pinging-noise-coming-from-the-sea-floor/. [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

[1]

Government Accountability Office, 1994, Advance Sheets: Volume 73, Decisions of the Comptroller General of the United States, OGC-94-28, 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

[1]

Cebada-Ricalde, M. C., 2014, “Synthesis and Characterization of PANI-Coated VGCNFs and Evaluation of Its Use for Corrosion Inhibition,” Doctoral dissertation, Mississippi State University.

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]

Vecsey, G., 2010, “‘Mixed Results’ for U.S.; Uncertain Future for Coach,” New York Times, p. B10.

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 Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Offshore Mech. Arct. Eng. Trans. ASME
ISSN (print)	0892-7219
ISSN (online)	1528-896X
Scope	Mechanical Engineering Ocean Engineering