How to format your references using the Mechatronics citation style

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

Lloyd S. Quantum computing. Computation from geometry. Science 2001;292:1669.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Helms B, Meijer EW. Chemistry. Dendrimers at work. Science 2006;313:929–30.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Ismail-Zadeh A, Honda S, Tsepelev I. Linking mantle upwelling with the lithosphere descent [corrected] and the Japan Sea evolution: a hypothesis. Sci Rep 2013;3:1137.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Wu M, Zhao D, Zhong W, Yan H, Wang X, Liang Z, et al. High-density distributed electrode network, a multi-functional electroporation method for delivery of molecules of different sizes. Sci Rep 2013;3:3370.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Mann S. Microsoft® SharePoint® Server 2010 Bible. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley Publishing, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Kuznetsov SO, Schmidt S, editors. Formal Concept Analysis: 5th International Conference, ICFCA 2007, Clermont-Ferrand, France, February 12-16, 2007. Proceedings. vol. 4390. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Edge CS, Barker C, Schwiebert E. Managing Directory Services. In: Barker C, Schwiebert E, editors. Beginning Mac OS X Snow Leopard Server: From Solo Install to Enterprise Integration, Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2010, p. 101–48.

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 Mechatronics.

Blog post

[1]

Taub B. Food For Thought: How Gut Bacteria Help Regulate Inflammation In The Brain. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/food-thought-how-gut-bacteria-help-regulate-inflammation-brain/ (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. Opportunity To Reduce Costs Substantially In Acquiring Teletypewriters For Use In The Advanced Record System Communications Network. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1968.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Alayed RA. Creating a culture of safety using electronic medical records as a tool. 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]

Leland J. After Prayer, Practicing Her Swing. New York Times 2017:MB2.

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	Mechatronics
Abbreviation	Mechatronics (Oxf.)
ISSN (print)	0957-4158
Scope	Computer Science Applications Electrical and Electronic Engineering Mechanical Engineering

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