How to format your references using the Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B. 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

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J. Eliasson, The rising pressure of global water shortages, Nature. 517 (2015) 6.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

E.F. Chang, M.M. Merzenich, Environmental noise retards auditory cortical development, Science. 300 (2003) 498–502.

A journal article with 3 authors

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C. Li, X. Zhang, Z. Cao, Triangular and Fibonacci number patterns driven by stress on core/shell microstructures, Science. 309 (2005) 909–911.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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F. Huo, Z. Zheng, G. Zheng, L.R. Giam, H. Zhang, C.A. Mirkin, Polymer pen lithography, Science. 321 (2008) 1658–1660.

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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N. Summers, Managing Social Service Staff for Excellence, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2010.

An edited book

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S.M. Jain, P.K. Gupta, eds., Protocol for Somatic Embryogenesis in Woody Plants, Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

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A. Altalag, J. Road, P. Wilcox, Respiratory Muscle Function & Other Pulmonary Function Studies, in: J. Road, A. Altalag (Eds.), Pulmonary Function Tests in Clinical Practice, Springer, London, 2009: pp. 81–89.

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 Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B.

Blog post

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R. Andrews, Younger Kaka Are Incredible Problem Solvers, Unlike Their Elders, IFLScience. (2016). https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/younger-kaka-are-incredible-problem-solvers-unlike-their-elders/ (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

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Government Accountability Office, Investing in the Very Young, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1988.

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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S.W. Pulice, The colonized child: Love, community, and wholeness as necessary elements of education, Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2013.

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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M. Pilon, No Nike Deal for Vaulter After He Puts Tape on Logo, New York Times. (2013) D3.

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	Nuclear Inst. and Methods in Physics Research, B
Abbreviation	Nucl. Instrum. Methods Phys. Res. B
ISSN (print)	0168-583X
Scope	Instrumentation Nuclear and High Energy Physics

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