How to format your references using the Multimodal Technologies and Interaction citation style

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

Willerroider, M. Scientists and Societies. Japan Society for the Promotion of Science. Nature 2005, 433, 782.

A journal article with 2 authors

Padian, K.; Dial, K.P. Origin of Flight: Could “four-Winged” Dinosaurs Fly? Nature 2005, 438, E3; discussion E3-4.

A journal article with 3 authors

Paniello, R.C.; Day, J.M.D.; Moynier, F. Zinc Isotopic Evidence for the Origin of the Moon. Nature 2012, 490, 376–379.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Busskamp, V.; Duebel, J.; Balya, D.; Fradot, M.; Viney, T.J.; Siegert, S.; Groner, A.C.; Cabuy, E.; Forster, V.; Seeliger, M.; et al. Genetic Reactivation of Cone Photoreceptors Restores Visual Responses in Retinitis Pigmentosa. Science 2010, 329, 413–417.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

McBee, J. Mastering Microsoft® Exchange Server 2007 SP1; Wiley Publishing, Inc.: Indianapolis, IN, USA, 2009; ISBN 9781118257425.

An edited book

The Sava River; Milačič, R., Ščančar, J., Paunović, M., Eds.; The Handbook of Environmental Chemistry; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2015; Vol. 31; ISBN 9783662440339.

A chapter in an edited book

van de Heetkamp, A.; Tusveld, R. The Content of the FTA Text and Its Range. In Origin Management: Rules of Origin in Free Trade Agreements; Tusveld, R., Ed.; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011; pp. 49–69 ISBN 9783642198076.

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 Multimodal Technologies and Interaction.

Blog post

Andrew, D. LG Display Unveils Incredible New Flexible Televisions Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/lg-display-unveil-new-flexible-technology/ (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 Federal Student Loans: Better Oversight Could Improve Defaulted Loan Rehabilitation; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2014;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lowe, C. A Correlational Study of the Relationship between Learner Autonomy and Academic Performance. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University: Washington, DC, 2009.

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

Barron, J. A Dispute Over a Composer’s Burial Place, and His Legacy. New York Times 2015, A15.

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	Multimodal Technologies and Interaction
ISSN (online)	2414-4088
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