How to format your references using the Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation. 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

[1]

Sartorius N. Short-lived campaigns are not enough. Nature. 2010;468:163–165.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Etterson JR, Shaw RG. Constraint to adaptive evolution in response to global warming. Science. 2001;294:151–154.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Wiser MJ, Ribeck N, Lenski RE. Long-term dynamics of adaptation in asexual populations. Science. 2013;342:1364–1367.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Noggle S, Fung H-L, Gore A, et al. Human oocytes reprogram somatic cells to a pluripotent state. Nature. 2011;478:70–75.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Dallas HJ. Mastering the Challenges of Leading change. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

[1]

Hudak P, Warren DS, editors. Practical Aspects of Declarative Languages: 10th International Symposium, PADL 2008, San Francisco, CA, USA, January 7-8, 2008. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Smagghe G, Mommaerts V, Hokkanen H, et al. Multitrophic Interactions: The Entomovector Technology. In: Smagghe G, Diaz I, editors. Arthropod-Plant Interactions: Novel Insights and Approaches for IPM. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2012. p. 127–157.

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 Statistical Computation and Simulation.

Blog post

[1]

Hamilton K. Why Running Could Keep You Awake At Night [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/why-running-could-keep-you-awake-at-night/.

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. Federal Motor Carrier Safety: Modifying the Compliance, Safety, Accountability Program Would Improve the Ability to Identify High Risk Carriers. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014. Report No.: GAO-14-114. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Kamph M. Examining Commodity, Agency, and Value: Prehistoric French Replicas, Casts, and “Frauds” within the National Museum of Natural History’s Collection [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 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

[1]

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Asia: Putin Indicates Kurile Deal Is Not Likely Soon. New York Times. 2004 Nov 16;A6.

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 Statistical Computation and Simulation
Abbreviation	J. Stat. Comput. Simul.
ISSN (print)	0094-9655
ISSN (online)	1563-5163
Scope	Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty Applied Mathematics Modelling and Simulation Statistics and Probability

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