How to format your references using the Mathematical Programming citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Mathematical Programming. 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

Parkin, G.: Chemistry. Zinc-zinc bonds: a new frontier. Science. 305, 1117–1118 (2004)

A journal article with 2 authors

Karner, D.B., Muller, R.A.: PALEOCLIMATE: A Causality Problem for Milankovitch. Science. 288, 2143–2144 (2000)

A journal article with 3 authors

Joseph, A.C., Joseph, S.E., Chen, G.: Cross-border portfolio investment networks and indicators for financial crises. Sci. Rep. 4, 3991 (2014)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Nakamura, S., Itabashi, T., Ogawa, D., Okada, T.: Common and distinct mechanisms of activation of rhodopsin and other G protein-coupled receptors. Sci. Rep. 3, 1844 (2013)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Mauthe, A., Thomas, P.: Professional Content Management Systems. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK (2005)

An edited book

Mueller, W.A.: Development and Reproduction in Humans and Animal Model Species. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2015)

A chapter in an edited book

Garus, J., Polak, A.: Simulation Model of PEM Fuel Cell Operating at Hydrogen and Oxygen. In: Awrejcewicz, J., Szewczyk, R., Trojnacki, M., and Kaliczyńska, M. (eds.) Mechatronics - Ideas for Industrial Application. pp. 31–39. Springer International Publishing, Cham (2015)

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 Mathematical Programming.

Blog post

Luntz, S.: Gamma Ray Burst Afterglow Surprises Astronomers

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: Funding for Entitlement Programs. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1978)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hess, J.P.: Exploring the Challenges of Training and Developing Millennials in the Business Environment, (2012)

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

Myers, S.L.: Challenger in Race for Moscow Mayor Says He Can Force a Runoff, (2013)

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	Mathematical Programming
Abbreviation	Math. Program.
ISSN (print)	0025-5610
ISSN (online)	1436-4646
Scope	Software General Mathematics