How to format your references using the Nanomaterials citation style
This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Nanomaterials. 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.
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
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Gewin, V. The New Networking Nexus. Nature2008, 451, 1024–1025.
A journal article with 2 authors
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Kara, P.; Boyd, J.D. A Micro-Architecture for Binocular Disparity and Ocular Dominance in Visual Cortex. Nature2009, 458, 627–631.
Stagno, V.; Bindi, L.; Shibazaki, Y.; Tange, Y.; Higo, Y.; Mao, H.-K.; Steinhardt, P.J.; Fei, Y. Icosahedral AlCuFe Quasicrystal at High Pressure and Temperature and Its Implications for the Stability of Icosahedrite. Sci. Rep.2014, 4, 5869.
Books and book chapters
Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.
An authored book
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Nemethy, L. Business Exit Planning; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2011; ISBN 9781118267837.
An edited book
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Carretta, P. NMR-MRI, ΜSR and Mössbauer Spectroscopies in Molecular Magnets; Lascialfari, A., Ed.; Springer: Milano, 2007; ISBN 9788847005310.
A chapter in an edited book
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Ripp, S.L. Induction of Drug-Metabolizing Enzymes: Contrasting Roles in Detoxification and Bioactivation of Drugs and Xenobiotics. In Advances in Bioactivation Research; Elfarra, A., Ed.; Springer: New York, NY, 2008; pp. 1–34 ISBN 9780387772998.
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 Nanomaterials.
Blog post
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Andrew, E. Liberia Announces New Ebola Death Since Country Declared Free of the Disease Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/liberia-announces-new-ebola-death-country-declared-free-virus/ (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
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Government Accountability Office Public Assistance: PARIS Project Can Help States Reduce Improper Benefit Payments; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2001;
Theses and dissertations
Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.
Doctoral dissertation
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Mullis, J. The Impact of the Media on Public Opinion of the Police. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 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
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Philadelphia, C.W.; April 28-A single goal scored with their goaltender sprawled on his back ended the Islanders’ season tonight.; Special to the New York Times In the type of grind-it-out hockey that was the trademark of the Islanders’ dynasty; The Philadelphia Flyers Defeated; 1-; captured the Patrick division title by taking the four-of-seven playoff series four games to one. The Flyers will now advance to the semifinal round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Montreal Canadiens or Quebec Nordiques.; Islanders, T.; for the first time in seven years; have been dismissed before the semifinal round has begun. ’ ’There is no justifying losing; ’ ’ said Bryan Trottier. ’ ’It doesn’t help to think about what we’ve accomplished. You live in the present; et al. FLYERS ELIMINATE ISLANDERS, 1-0, ON SINISALO’S GOAL. New York Times 1985, C1.
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].