How to format your references using the Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering. 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

Komander D (2015) Biochemistry. Details of destruction, one molecule at a time. Science 348:183–184

A journal article with 2 authors

Zhu H, Tromp J (2013) Mapping tectonic deformation in the crust and upper mantle beneath Europe and the North Atlantic Ocean. Science 341:871–875

A journal article with 3 authors

Roy S, Hsiung F, Kornberg TB (2011) Specificity of Drosophila cytonemes for distinct signaling pathways. Science 332:354–358

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Avvakumov GV, Walker JR, Xue S, et al (2008) Structural basis for recognition of hemi-methylated DNA by the SRA domain of human UHRF1. Nature 455:822–825

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pilot MJ (2014) Driving Sustainability to Business Success. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Carena MJ (2009) Cereals. Springer US, New York, NY

A chapter in an edited book

Roger M (2013) Broadband Noise from Lifting Surfaces Analytical Modeling and Experimental Validation. In: Camussi R (ed) Noise Sources in Turbulent Shear Flows: Fundamentals and Applications. Springer, Vienna, pp 289–344

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 Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) Scientists Remotely Activate Genetic Target To Slow Aging Process. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-remotely-activate-genetic-target-slow-aging-process/. 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 (2008) Environmental Satellites: Polar-orbiting Satellite Acquisition Faces Delays; Decisions Needed on Whether and How to Ensure Climate Data Continuity. 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

Vail AS (2012) The gift of noetic image: Spontaneous imagery and psychological well-being in women with breast cancer. Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute

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

Fisher I, Hubbard B (2017) Awash in Turmoil, Arab World Leaves Two-State Goal Adrift. New York Times 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	Nanotechnology for Environmental Engineering
Abbreviation	Nanotechnol. Environ. Eng.
ISSN (print)	2365-6379
ISSN (online)	2365-6387
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