How to format your references using the Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Sustainable Cement-Based Materials. 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]

Chambers J. Planetary science. Forming terrestrial planets. Science. 2014;344(6183):479–480.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Gillon J, Yakir D. Influence of carbonic anhydrase activity in terrestrial vegetation on the 18O content of atmospheric CO2. Science. 2001;291(5513):2584–2587.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Xi Z, Khoo CCH, Dobson SL. Wolbachia establishment and invasion in an Aedes aegypti laboratory population. Science. 2005;310(5746):326–328.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Padera TP, Stoll BR, Tooredman JB, et al. Pathology: cancer cells compress intratumour vessels. Nature. 2004;427(6976):695.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Ketring KL, Glaze MB. Atlas of Feline Ophthalmology. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Bartroff J. Sequential Experimentation in Clinical Trials: Design and Analysis. Lai TL, Shih M-C, editors. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Chortaras A, Stamou G, Stafylopatis A. Adaptation of Weighted Fuzzy Programs. In: Kollias S, Stafylopatis A, Duch W, et al., editors. Artificial Neural Networks – ICANN 2006: 16th International Conference, Athens, Greece, September 10-14, 2006 Proceedings, Part II. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006. p. 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 Sustainable Cement-Based Materials.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Deformed Pig With “Penis Face” Draws Attention in China. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. [Review of DOD Programs Funded With R&D Appropriations]. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1986. Report No.: B-220682. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Murray BA. Sociocultural factors in women’s health in Swaziland [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 2015.

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]

Vecsey G. An Elvis Convention: The ‘Fat’ One Takes a Flop, But Lands On His Feet. New York Times. 2010 Oct 22;B10.

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 Sustainable Cement-Based Materials
ISSN (print)	2165-0373
ISSN (online)	2165-0381
Scope	Waste Management and Disposal Ceramics and Composites