How to format your references using the Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Discussions citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Discussions. 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

Müller-Wodarg, I. C. F.: Planetary science. Exploring other worlds to learn more about our own, Science, 312, 1319–1320, 2006.

A journal article with 2 authors

Miklius, A. and Cervelli, P.: Vulcanology: Interaction between Kilauea and Mauna Loa, Nature, 421, 229, 2003.

A journal article with 3 authors

Burkett, V., Groat, C. G., and Reed, D.: Hurricanes not the key to a sustainable coast, Science, 315, 1366–1368, 2007.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Kawate, T., Michel, J. C., Birdsong, W. T., and Gouaux, E.: Crystal structure of the ATP-gated P2X(4) ion channel in the closed state, Nature, 460, 592–598, 2009.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Meyr, H., Moeneclaey, M., and Fechtel, S. A.: Digital Communication Receivers: Synchronization, Channel Estimation, and Signal Processing, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, USA, 2001.

An edited book

Sadovnichiy, V. A. and Zgurovsky, M. Z. (Eds.): Advances in Dynamical Systems and Control, Springer International Publishing, Cham, XXII, 471 p. 71 illus., 39 illus. in color pp., 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Micu, D. M., Dumitrescu, A., Cheval, S., and Birsan, M.-V.: Data, in: Climate of the Romanian Carpathians: Variability and Trends, edited by: Dumitrescu, A., Cheval, S., and Birsan, M.-V., Springer International Publishing, Cham, 33–44, 2015.

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 Processes in Geophysics Discussions.

Blog post

What’s Causing This Mysterious Sleeping Sickness In A Village In Kazakhstan?

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: Information Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Address Aging Legacy Systems, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2016.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Caraballo-Cole, T.: Mindfulness-based mental health services for single mothers: A grant proposal, Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2012.

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

GEORGE GENE GUSTINES; Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF: Batman Beats Superman In the Marketplace, New York Times, 27th February, C2, 2010.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Müller-Wodarg, 2006).
This sentence cites two references (Miklius and Cervelli, 2003; Müller-Wodarg, 2006).

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

Two authors: (Miklius and Cervelli, 2003)
Three or more authors: (Kawate et al., 2009)

About the journal

Full journal title	Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics Discussions
Abbreviation	Nonlin. Process. Geophys. Discuss.
ISSN (online)	2198-5634
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