How to format your references using the Linear and Multilinear Algebra citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Linear and Multilinear Algebra. 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]

Parman SW. Helium isotopic evidence for episodic mantle melting and crustal growth. Nature. 2007;446:900–903.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Freeman MR, Choi BC. Advances in magnetic microscopy. Science. 2001;294:1484–1488.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Schroder K, Zhou R, Tschopp J. The NLRP3 inflammasome: a sensor for metabolic danger? Science. 2010;327:296–300.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Araki K, Turner AP, Shaffer VO, et al. mTOR regulates memory CD8 T-cell differentiation. Nature. 2009;460:108–112.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Aquino JA. The International Family Guide to US University Admissions. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2017.

An edited book

[1]

Zuluaga LF, Terlaky T, editors. Modeling and Optimization: Theory and Applications: Selected Contributions from the MOPTA 2012 Conference. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Gobert J, Punch M. Because They Can. In: Pontell HN, Geis G, editors. International Handbook of White-Collar and Corporate Crime. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2007. p. 98–122.

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 Linear and Multilinear Algebra.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. PG-13 Films More Violent Than R-Rated Movies [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/pg13-films-more-violent-than-rrated-movies/.

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. Cost Comparison of House of Representatives Page System Versus Regular Messenger Employees. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1983. Report No.: GGD-83-108. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Zoino JJ. Field Methods, Sampling Strategies, Historical Documents, and Data Redundancy: A Study of Historic Tenant Farmsteads in Leflore County, Mississippi [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State University; 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

[1]

Greenhouse L. Just Answer the Question. New York Times. 2010 May 11;A23.

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	Linear and Multilinear Algebra
Abbreviation	Linear Multilinear Algebra
ISSN (print)	0308-1087
ISSN (online)	1563-5139
Scope	Algebra and Number Theory

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