How to format your references using the Journal of Turbomachinery citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Turbomachinery. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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]

Cavin, L., 2010, “Paleontology. On Giant Filter Feeders,” Science, 327(5968), pp. 968–969.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Merritt, S., and Clauset, A., 2013, “Environmental Structure and Competitive Scoring Advantages in Team Competitions,” Sci. Rep., 3, p. 3067.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Huey, R. B., Losos, J. B., and Moritz, C., 2010, “Ecology. Are Lizards Toast?,” Science, 328(5980), pp. 832–833.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Hulot, F. D., Lacroix, G., Lescher-Moutoué, F., and Loreau, M., 2000, “Functional Diversity Governs Ecosystem Response to Nutrient Enrichment,” Nature, 405(6784), pp. 340–344.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Ippolito, L. J., Jr., 2017, Satellite Communications Systems Engineering, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.

An edited book

[1]

Masys, A. J., ed., 2014, Networks and Network Analysis for Defence and Security, Springer International Publishing, Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Blackshaw, I., and Pachmann, T., 2016, “CAS Provisional and Conservatory Measures and Other Options to Be Granted Interim Legal Relief,” Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration 2015, A. Duval, and A. Rigozzi, eds., T.M.C. Asser Press, The Hague, pp. 93–110.

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 Turbomachinery.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew, D., 2017, “What Happens To Your Gut If You Eat A Gold Pizza?,” IFLScience. [Online]. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/what-happens-to-your-gut-if-you-eat-a-gold-pizza/. [Accessed: 30-Oct-2018].

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, 1991, Tax Systems Modernization: Private Sector Modernization Efforts IRS May Want to Examine, GGD-91-133FS, 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]

Farrugia, T. J., 2010, “Abundance, Habitat Use and Movement Patterns of the Shovelnose Guitarfish (Rhinobatus Productus) in a Restored Southern California Estuary,” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach.

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]

Neuman, W., 2014, “A Hammer Comes Down on an Honor for Britain,” New York Times, p. 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 Turbomachinery
Abbreviation	J. Turbomach. Trans. ASME
ISSN (print)	0889-504X
ISSN (online)	1528-8900
Scope	Mechanical Engineering