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

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

Freeman KH (2014) Earth science: controls on isotopic gradients in rain. Nature 516:41–42

A journal article with 2 authors

Kroymann J, Mitchell-Olds T (2005) Epistasis and balanced polymorphism influencing complex trait variation. Nature 435:95–98

A journal article with 3 authors

Komarova NL, Levy DN, Wodarz D (2013) Synaptic transmission and the susceptibility of HIV infection to anti-viral drugs. Sci Rep 3:2103

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Rossi DJ, Bryder D, Seita J, et al (2007) Deficiencies in DNA damage repair limit the function of haematopoietic stem cells with age. Nature 447:725–729

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Jarry P, Beneat J (2007) Advanced Design Techniques and Realizations of Microwave and RF Filters. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Jonkman MF (ed) (2016) Autoimmune Bullous Diseases: Text and Review. Springer International Publishing, Cham

A chapter in an edited book

Hoops HJ, Nishii I, Kirk DL (2006) Cytoplasmic Bridges in Volvox and Its Relatives. In: Volkmann D, Barlow PW (eds) Cell-Cell Channels. Springer, New York, NY, pp 65–84

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 Visualization.

Blog post

Taub B (2016) Figures Show No Mass Shootings In Australia Since Gun Control Laws Were Introduced 20 Years Ago. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/figures-show-no-mass-shootings-australia-since-gun-control-laws-introduced-20-years-ago/. 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

Government Accountability Office (1987) ADP Acquisitions: Lessons Learned From SEC’s Edgar Pilot Test. 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

Kostenbader TC (2015) Analyzing students’ attitudes towards science during inquiry-based lessons. 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

Kishkovsky S (2011) Russia: Jehovah’s Witness Acquitted of Incitement. New York Times A11

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Freeman 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Kroymann and Mitchell-Olds 2005; Freeman 2014).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Kroymann and Mitchell-Olds 2005)
Three or more authors: (Rossi et al. 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Visualization
Abbreviation	J. Vis. (Tokyo)
ISSN (print)	1343-8875
ISSN (online)	1875-8975
Scope	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Condensed Matter Physics