How to format your references using the Mechanics Research Communications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Mechanics Research Communications. 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]

R. Bürgmann, Earth science: Warning signs of the Iquique earthquake, Nature 512 (2014) 258–259.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

H.W. Sobel, Y. Suzuki, Obituary: Yoji Totsuka (1942-2008), Nature 454 (2008) 954.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

J.S. Parker, S.M. Roe, D. Barford, Structural insights into mRNA recognition from a PIWI domain-siRNA guide complex, Nature 434 (2005) 663–666.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

M.W.A. Kuijpers, D. van Eck, M.F. Kemmere, J.T.F. Keurentjes, Cavitation-induced reactions in high-pressure carbon dioxide, Science 298 (2002) 1969–1971.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

S.J. Kirsh, Media and Youth, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 2009.

An edited book

[1]

D. Schanz, Business Taxation and Financial Decisions, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

T. Demoor, D. Fiems, J. Walraevens, H. Bruneel, The Preemptive Repeat Hybrid Server Interruption Model, in: K. Al-Begain, D. Fiems, W.J. Knottenbelt (Eds.), Analytical and Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Applications: 17th International Conference, ASMTA 2010, Cardiff, UK, June 14-16, 2010. Proceedings, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010: pp. 59–71.

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 Mechanics Research Communications.

Blog post

[1]

J. Davis, How The Sabre-Toothed Naked Mole Rats Feel No Pain, IFLScience (2016). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/how-the-sabretoothed-naked-mole-rats-feel-no-pain/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office, FAA Systems: Serious Challenges Remain in Resolving Year 2000 and Computer Security Problems, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1998.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

G. Sanchez, An educational program to support Latina teen mothers: A grant proposal project, Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, 2010.

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]

N.R. Kleinfield, R.A. Oppel Jr., M. Eddy, Moment in Convention Glare Stirs Parents’ American Life, New York Times (2016) A1.

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	Mechanics Research Communications
Abbreviation	Mech. Res. Commun.
ISSN (print)	0093-6413
Scope	Civil and Structural Engineering Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials General Materials Science Condensed Matter Physics