How to format your references using the Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Thermal Science and Engineering Applications. 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]

Corma, A., 2009, “Materials Chemistry: Catalysts Made Thinner,” Nature, 461(7261), pp. 182–183.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Schmitt, J. H., and Wichmann, R., 2001, “Ground-Based Observation of Emission Lines from the Corona of a Red-Dwarf Star,” Nature, 412(6846), pp. 508–510.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

MacLeod, N., Benfield, M., and Culverhouse, P., 2010, “Time to Automate Identification,” Nature, 467(7312), pp. 154–155.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Ressl, S., Terwisscha van Scheltinga, A. C., Vonrhein, C., Ott, V., and Ziegler, C., 2009, “Molecular Basis of Transport and Regulation in the Na(+)/Betaine Symporter BetP,” Nature, 458(7234), pp. 47–52.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Akiba, K.-Y., 2011, Organo Main Group Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

[1]

Karacapilidis, N., ed., 2014, Mastering Data-Intensive Collaboration and Decision Making: Research and Practical Applications in the Dicode Project, Springer International Publishing, Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Garavaglia, C., and Breschi, S., 2009, “The Co-Evolution of Entrepreneurship and Clusters,” Growth and Innovation of Competitive Regions: The Role of Internal and External Connections, U. Fratesi, and L. Senn, eds., Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 95–116.

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 Thermal Science and Engineering Applications.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz, S., 2016, “Neurotransmitter Boost Has Fast-Acting Antidepressant Effects In Mice,” IFLScience.

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, 1983, Issues Concerning the National Materials Policy, Research and Development Act of 1980, Public Law 96-479, 121374, 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

[1]

Gunhan-Senol, N. E., 2015, “‘I’m Turkish, I’m Honest...’ I’m Autistic: Perceptions Regarding the Label of Autism,” Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana.

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., 2010, “Empty Gray Gives Way to Blues and Boos, Just Like Before,” New York Times, p. D7.

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 Thermal Science and Engineering Applications
Abbreviation	J. Therm. Sci. Eng. Appl.
ISSN (print)	1948-5085
ISSN (online)	1948-5093
Scope	Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes General Engineering General Materials Science Condensed Matter Physics