How to format your references using the Journal of Sensor and Actuator Networks citation style

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

Dolgin, E. Cancer Vaccines: Material Breach. Nature 2013, 504, S16-7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Woolhouse, M.E.J.; Ward, M.J. Microbiology. Sources of Antimicrobial Resistance. Science 2013, 341, 1460–1461.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sun, B.K.; Siprashvili, Z.; Khavari, P.A. Advances in Skin Grafting and Treatment of Cutaneous Wounds. Science 2014, 346, 941–945.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Pätzold, M.; Andert, T.P.; Asmar, S.W.; Anderson, J.D.; Barriot, J.-P.; Bird, M.K.; Häusler, B.; Hahn, M.; Tellmann, S.; Sierks, H.; et al. Asteroid 21 Lutetia: Low Mass, High Density. Science 2011, 334, 491–492.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Jiang, J.; Zhang, C. Fundamentals and Applications of Lithium-Ion Batteries in Electric Drive Vehicles; John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd: Singapore, 2015; ISBN 9781118414798.

An edited book

Behavioral Neurobiology of Alcohol Addiction; Sommer, W.H., Spanagel, R., Eds.; Current Topics in Behavioral Neurosciences; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013; Vol. 13; ISBN 9783642287190.

A chapter in an edited book

Evans, R.; Cleghorn, A. Inside Classrooms. In Complex Classroom Encounters: A South African Perspective; Cleghorn, A., Ed.; SensePublishers: Rotterdam, 2012; pp. 81–97 ISBN 9789462090835.

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 Sensor and Actuator Networks.

Blog post

Hamilton, K. Girls May Perform Better At School Than Boys – But Their Experience Is Much Less Happy Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/girls-may-perform-better-at-school-than-boys-but-their-experience-is-much-less-happy/ (accessed on 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-Aid Highways: FHWA Needs a Comprehensive Approach to Improving Project Oversight; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2005;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Delisio, J.P. Fighting For A Cure: The Berry Plan’s Impact on Civilian Medical Research. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University: Washington, DC, 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

St. John Kelly, E. Yourself Esq. New York Times 1997, 143.

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 Sensor and Actuator Networks
Abbreviation	J. Sens. Actuator Netw.
ISSN (online)	2224-2708
Scope