How to format your references using the Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering citation style

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

von Hillebrandt-Andrade, C., 2013. Geophysics. Minimizing Caribbean tsunami risk. Science 341, 966–968.

A journal article with 2 authors

Morone, F., Makse, H.A., 2015. Influence maximization in complex networks through optimal percolation. Nature 524, 65–68.

A journal article with 3 authors

Pocock, M.J.O., Evans, D.M., Memmott, J., 2012. The robustness and restoration of a network of ecological networks. Science 335, 973–977.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Zhang, D.Y., Turberfield, A.J., Yurke, B., Winfree, E., 2007. Engineering entropy-driven reactions and networks catalyzed by DNA. Science 318, 1121–1125.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Nikrityuk, P.A., 2011. Computational Thermo-Fluid Dynamics. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany.

An edited book

Faletra, F.F., 2010. Atlas of Real Time 3D Transesophageal Echocardiography. Springer, London.

A chapter in an edited book

Sanz, A.G., Sebastianelli, F., Gianturco, F.A., 2012. Following Resonant Compound States after Electron Attachment, in: García Gómez-Tejedor, G., Fuss, M.C. (Eds.), Radiation Damage in Biomolecular Systems, Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp. 71–86.

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 Petroleum Science and Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2014. Scientists Use 3D Printing To Produce Blood Vessels [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 2000. Essential Air Service: Changes in Passenger Traffic, Subsidy Levels, and Air Carrier Costs (No. T-RCED-00-185). 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

Dashevsky-Kerdman, I., 2009. The meeting of one hundred ways (Doctoral dissertation). Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA.

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

Burghardt, L.F., 2007. After 63 Years, A Boardwalk Is Back. New York Times LI11.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (von Hillebrandt-Andrade, 2013).
This sentence cites two references (Morone and Makse, 2015; von Hillebrandt-Andrade, 2013).

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

Two authors: (Morone and Makse, 2015)
Three or more authors: (Zhang et al., 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Pet. Sci. Eng.
ISSN (print)	0920-4105
Scope	Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology Fuel Technology