How to format your references using the Journal on Data Semantics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal on Data Semantics. 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

Quirk T (2012) Writers should not fear jargon. Nature 487:407

A journal article with 2 authors

Nadeau RM, Dolenc D (2005) Nonvolcanic tremors deep beneath the San Andreas Fault. Science 307:389

A journal article with 3 authors

Hansel DE, Eipper BA, Ronnett GV (2001) Neuropeptide Y functions as a neuroproliferative factor. Nature 410:940–944

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Shi S, Xu C, Yang C, et al (2013) Flexible asymmetric supercapacitors based on ultrathin two-dimensional nanosheets with outstanding electrochemical performance and aesthetic property. Sci Rep 3:2598

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Agung IGN (2011) Cross Section and Experimental Data Analysis Using Eviews. John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd, Singapore

An edited book

Mayes R, Rixen D, Griffith DT, et al (2012) Topics in Experimental Dynamics Substructuring and Wind Turbine Dynamics, Volume 2: Proceedings of the 30th IMAC, A Conference on Structural Dynamics, 2012. Springer, New York, NY

A chapter in an edited book

White RD (2014) Ventricular Fibrillation and Defibrillation: State of Our Knowledge and Uncertainities. In: Gullo A, Ristagno G (eds) Resuscitation: Translational Research, Clinical Evidence, Education, Guidelines. Springer, Milano, pp 47–55

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 on Data Semantics.

Blog post

Luntz S (2017) Alien-Looking Insect Has Its Own Order. In: IFLScience. 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 (1999) IRS Management: Business and Systems Modernization Pose Challenges. 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

Novak TS (2017) Vital Signs of U.S. Osteopathic Medical Residency Programs Pivoting to Single Accreditation Standards. Doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida

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

Kelly K, Rappeport A (2017) Trump’s Tax Cut Could Lead to Broad Avoidance. New York Times A17

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 on Data Semantics
Abbreviation	J. Data Semant.
ISSN (print)	1861-2032
ISSN (online)	1861-2040
Scope	Artificial Intelligence Computer Networks and Communications Information Systems