How to format your references using the Journal of Sulfur Chemistry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Sulfur Chemistry. 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]

Taylor SR. Why can’t planets be like stars? Nature. 2004;430(6999):509.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Dawkins MS, Woodington A. Pattern recognition and active vision in chickens. Nature. 2000;403(6770):652–655.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

de Jong PW, van Lenteren JC, Raak-van den Berg CL. Comment on “Invasive harlequin ladybird carries biological weapons against native competitors.” Science. 2013;341(6152):1342.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Wang C-M, Chang S-W, Wu Y-JJ, et al. Genetic variations in Toll-like receptors (TLRs 3/7/8) are associated with systemic lupus erythematosus in a Taiwanese population. Sci Rep. 2014;4:3792.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Chiang H-D. Direct Methods for Stability Analysis of Electric Power Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Beck ACS, Lang Lisbôa CA, Carro L, editors. Adaptable Embedded Systems. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Williams MAJ, Talbot MR. Late Quaternary Environments in the Nile Basin. In: Dumont HJ, editor. The Nile: Origin, Environments, Limnology and Human Use. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009. p. 61–72.

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 Sulfur Chemistry.

Blog post

[1]

Hale T. A Decade Of Work Has Decoded This Ancient Greek Astronomy “Computer.” IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. Health, Education and Human Services Information Systems Issue Area--Active Assignments. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997. Report No.: AA-97-29(1). .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Boyer TH. Removal of natural organic matter by anion exchange: Multiscale experimentation and mathematical modeling [Doctoral dissertation]. [Chapel Hill, NC]: University of North Carolina; 2008.

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]

Williams J. Reading by Numbers. New York Times. 2017 Mar 9;BR4.

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 Sulfur Chemistry
Abbreviation	J. Sulphur Chem.
ISSN (print)	1741-5993
ISSN (online)	1741-6000
Scope	General Chemistry