How to format your references using the Mathematics citation style

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

Sieradzki, K. Materials Science. Potential Solutions for Creating Responsive Materials. Science 2011, 332, 1158–1159.

A journal article with 2 authors

Erwin, D.H.; Krakauer, D.C. Evolution. Insights into Innovation. Science 2004, 304, 1117–1119.

A journal article with 3 authors

Song, C.; Wang, P.; Makse, H.A. A Phase Diagram for Jammed Matter. Nature 2008, 453, 629–632.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Rubin, C.; Turner, A.S.; Bain, S.; Mallinckrodt, C.; McLeod, K. Anabolism. Low Mechanical Signals Strengthen Long Bones. Nature 2001, 412, 603–604.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Featherstone, H.; Holt, E. Small Animal Ophthalmology; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.: West Sussex, UK, 2011; ISBN 9781118784945.

An edited book

Prasad, R. WiMAX Networks: Techno-Economic Vision and Challenges; Velez, F.J., Ed.; Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2010; ISBN 9789048187515.

A chapter in an edited book

Pohlmann, M. The Migration of Elites in a Borderless World: Citizenship as an Incentive for Professionals and Managers? In Citizenship and Migration in the Era of Globalization: The Flow of Migrants and the Perception of Citizenship in Asia and Europe; Pohlmann, M., Yang, J., Lee, J.-H., Eds.; Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013; pp. 59–70 ISBN 9783642197383.

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 Mathematics.

Blog post

Fang, J. Eagle Flight Recorder Reveals Clever Wing Tuck Trick Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/eagle-flight-recorder-reveals-clever-wing-tuck-trick/ (accessed on 30 October 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 Information Technology: Foundational Steps Being Taken to Make Needed FBI Systems Modernization Management Improvements; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2004;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lee, E. Assessing the Well-Being Koreans and Korean Americans: Psychometric Validation Study for a Multidimensional Assessment of Well-Being. Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University: Malibu, CA, 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

Schwartz, J. Debate on Pulling Back From Paris Climate Deal Could Turn on a Single Phrase. New York Times 2017, 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	Mathematics
ISSN (online)	2227-7390
Scope