How to format your references using the Microsystem Technologies citation style

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

Pyle AM (2005) Capping by branching: a new ribozyme makes tiny lariats. Science 309:1530–1531

A journal article with 2 authors

Jensen LJ, Bork P (2008) Biochemistry. Not comparable, but complementary. Science 322:56–57

A journal article with 3 authors

Tzfira T, Vaidya M, Citovsky V (2004) Involvement of targeted proteolysis in plant genetic transformation by Agrobacterium. Nature 431:87–92

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Sideris PJ, Nielsen UG, Gan Z, Grey CP (2008) Mg/Al ordering in layered double hydroxides revealed by multinuclear NMR spectroscopy. Science 321:113–117

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Corsi P, Dulieu M (2013) The Marketing of Technology Intensive Products and Services. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Christianson B, Malcolm J, Stajano F, et al (eds) (2013) Security Protocols XXI: 21st International Workshop, Cambridge, UK, March 19-20, 2013, Revised Selected Papers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Kuntze N, Schmidt AU (2007) Trusted Ticket Systems and Applications. In: Venter H, Eloff M, Labuschagne L, et al. (eds) New Approaches for Security, Privacy and Trust in Complex Environments: Proceedings of the IFIP TC-11 22nd International Information Security Conference (SEC 2007), 14–16 May 2007, Sandton, South Africa. Springer US, Boston, MA, pp 49–60

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 Microsystem Technologies.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015) With So Much Vested In Satellites, Solar Storms Could Bring Life To A Standstill. In: IFLScience. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (1997) National Weather Service: Modernization Activities Affecting Northwestern Pennsylvania. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Murray E (2012) California community college athletic directors lived experience and perceptions about financing issues with athletic programs. Doctoral dissertation, University of Phoenix

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

Casey N (2017) Peace Is New Test for Colombian Coca Farmers. New York Times A1

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Pyle 2005).
This sentence cites two references (Pyle 2005; Jensen and Bork 2008).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Jensen and Bork 2008)
Three or more authors: (Sideris et al. 2008)

About the journal

Full journal title	Microsystem Technologies
Abbreviation	Microsyst. Technol.
ISSN (print)	0946-7076
ISSN (online)	1432-1858
Scope	Hardware and Architecture Electrical and Electronic Engineering Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Condensed Matter Physics

Research and Writing Guides