How to format your references using the Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry citation style

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

Fischer KM (2002) Waning buoyancy in the crustal roots of old mountains. Nature 417:933–936

A journal article with 2 authors

Prins G, Rayner S (2007) Time to ditch Kyoto. Nature 449:973–975

A journal article with 3 authors

Lynch VJ, May G, Wagner GP (2011) Regulatory evolution through divergence of a phosphoswitch in the transcription factor CEBPB. Nature 480:383–386

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Bachman ES, Dhillon H, Zhang C-Y, et al (2002) betaAR signaling required for diet-induced thermogenesis and obesity resistance. Science 297:843–845

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kampen TU (2010) Low Molecular Weight Organic Semiconductors. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany

An edited book

Nieder C, Langendijk JA (2011) Re-irradiation: New Frontiers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Dillmann WH (2009) Mechanism of Action of Thyroid Hormone on the Cardiac Vascular System. In: Iervasi G, Pingitore A (eds) Thyroid and Heart Failure: From Pathophysiology to Clinics. Springer, Milano, pp 45–54

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 Solid State Electrochemistry.

Blog post

Evans K (2016) Boaty McBoatface Submarine Set To Attempt Epic Arctic Trip. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/boaty-mcboatface-submarine-set-to-attempt-epic-arctic-trip/. 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

Government Accountability Office (2000) Schools and Libraries Program: Application and Invoice Review Procedures Need Strengthening. 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

Ryan BA (2012) Computer-Based Versus Paper-Pencil Modes of Administration United States Government End of Course Exams: Student Cumulative Grade Point Averages as Predictors of Success. Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood 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

Jeffries MP (2017) The Rage in Harlem, and Beyond. New York Times BR18

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 Solid State Electrochemistry
Abbreviation	J. Solid State Electrochem.
ISSN (print)	1432-8488
ISSN (online)	1433-0768
Scope	Electrochemistry Electrical and Electronic Engineering General Materials Science Condensed Matter Physics