How to format your references using the Journal of Universal Computer Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Universal Computer Science. 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

[Shepherd, 2006] Shepherd, G. M.: ‘Smell images and the flavour system in the human brain’; Nature, 444, 7117 (2006), 316–321.

A journal article with 2 authors

[Kenyon and Bromley, 2004] Kenyon, S. J., Bromley, B. C.: ‘Stellar encounters as the origin of distant Solar System objects in highly eccentric orbits’; Nature, 432, 7017 (2004), 598–602.

A journal article with 3 authors

[Akil et al., 2011] Akil, H., Martone, M. E., Van Essen, D. C.: ‘Challenges and opportunities in mining neuroscience data’; Science (New York, N.Y.), 331, 6018 (2011), 708–712.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

[Brown et al., 2007] Brown, M. E., Barkume, K. M., Ragozzine, D., Schaller, E. L.: ‘A collisional family of icy objects in the Kuiper belt’; Nature, 446, 7133 (2007), 294–296.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[Diamond, 2013] Diamond, N.: ‘Between Skins’; Oxford: John Wiley & Sons (2013).

An edited book

[Stange, 2016] Carotenoids in Nature: Biosynthesis, Regulation and Function: (Vol. 79). Cham: Springer International Publishing (2016).

A chapter in an edited book

[Abidi et al., 2013] Abidi, N., Klawonn, F., Thumfart, J. O.: ‘Time Point Estimation of a Single Sample from High Throughput Experiments Based on Time-Resolved Data and Robust Correlation Measures’; In A. Tucker, F. Höppner, A. Siebes & S. Swift (Eds.), Advances in Intelligent Data Analysis XII: 12th International Symposium, IDA 2013, London, UK, October 17-19, 2013. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (2013), 32–43.

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 Universal Computer Science.

Blog post

[O`Callaghan, 2015] O`Callaghan, J.: ‘First Payout For Fukushima Worker Who Developed Cancer After The Disaster’; (2015, October 22). Retrieved 30 October 2018, from https://www.iflscience.com/environment/first-payout-fukushima-disaster-worker-who-developed-cancer/

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

[Government Accountability Office, 1978] Government Accountability Office: ‘The Summer Feeding Program for Children: Reforms Begun--Many More Urgently Needed’ (No. CED-78-90); Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office (1978).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[Safarian Bahri, 2017] Safarian Bahri, P.: ‘Erosion Rate Prediction Model for Levee-Floodwall Overtopping Applications in Fine-Grained Soils’ (Doctoral dissertation); Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL (2017).

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

[Brantley, 2017] Brantley, B.: ‘Who’s That Knocking on the Door?’; New York Times (2017, April 28), C1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Universal Computer Science
Abbreviation	J. Univers. Comput. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0948-695x
ISSN (online)	0948-6968
Scope	General Computer Science Theoretical Computer Science