How to format your references using the Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems. 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

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J.S. Siegel, Chemistry. Chemical topology and interlocking molecules, Science 304 (2004) 1256–1258.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

W. Barnes, R. Sambles, Physics. Only skin deep, Science 305 (2004) 785–786.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

M.L. Basch, M. Bronner-Fraser, M.I. García-Castro, Specification of the neural crest occurs during gastrulation and requires Pax7, Nature 441 (2006) 218–222.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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K. Neuser, T. Triphan, M. Mronz, B. Poeck, R. Strauss, Analysis of a spatial orientation memory in Drosophila, Nature 453 (2008) 1244–1247.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

L. Scot, The Simplified Guide to Not-for-Profit Accounting, Formation, and Reporting, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2010.

An edited book

[1]

E.A.M. Koutsoukos, ed., Applied Stratigraphy, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

E. Dianteill, Pierre Bourdieu and the sociology of religion: A central and peripheral concern, in: D.L. Swartz, V.L. Zolberg (Eds.), After Bourdieu: Influence, Critique, Elaboration, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2005: pp. 65–85.

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 Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems.

Blog post

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E. Andrew, 3-D pathogen model structure shows why there’s no cure for the common cold, IFLScience (2013). https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/3-d-pathogen-model-structure-shows-why-theres-no-cure-common-cold/ (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, Space Transportation: The Content and Uses of Shuttle Cost Estimates, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1993.

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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K. Davis, Manifesting archetypal energy through music, Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 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]

G. Vecsey, A Yankee Bleacher Creature Takes a Little Off the Top, New York Times (2010) B11.

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	Nonlinear Analysis: Hybrid Systems
Abbreviation	Nonlinear Anal. Hybrid Syst.
ISSN (print)	1751-570X
Scope	Computer Science Applications Control and Systems Engineering Analysis