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]

Randolph GJ. Immunology. No need to coax monocytes. Science. 2011;332:1268–1269.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Crone TJ, Tolstoy M. Magnitude of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil leak. Science. 2010;330:634.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Moritz CT, Perlmutter SI, Fetz EE. Direct control of paralysed muscles by cortical neurons. Nature. 2008;456:639–642.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Lindroth AM, Cao X, Jackson JP, et al. Requirement of CHROMOMETHYLASE3 for maintenance of CpXpG methylation. Science. 2001;292:2077–2080.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Samuel GR. Formulas and Calculations for Drilling Operations. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Marini A, Talbi M, editors. Desertification and Risk Analysis Using High and Medium Resolution Satellite Data: Training Workshop on Mapping Desertification. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Venkatesh T, Siva Ram Murthy C. Contention Resolution in OBS Networks. In: Murthy CSR, editor. An Analytical Approach to Optical Burst Switched Networks. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2010. p. 147–198.

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]

Hamilton K. Why Understanding Native American Religion Is Important For Resolving The Dakota Access Pipeline Crisis [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/why-understanding-native-american-religion-is-important-for-resolving-the-dakota-access-pipeline-crisis/.

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. Aviation Noise: Costs of Phasing Out Noisy Aircraft. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991. Report No.: RCED-91-128. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Bennett RJ. Exploring the effects of parasocial connection on relaxation exercise persistence in women [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2016.

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 | Europe: Russia: Judge From 1993 Standoff Returns To Post. New York Times. 2003 Feb 22;A5.

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