How to format your references using the Omega citation style

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

[1]

Giomataris I. Georges Charpak (1924-2010). Nature 2010;467:1048.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Nachev P, Husain M. Comment on “Detecting awareness in the vegetative state.” Science 2007;315:1221; author reply 1221.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Sharam GJ, Sinclair ARE, Turkington R. Serengeti birds maintain forests by inhibiting seed predators. Science 2009;325:51.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Herry C, Ciocchi S, Senn V, Demmou L, Müller C, Lüthi A. Switching on and off fear by distinct neuronal circuits. Nature 2008;454:600–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Mix PE. Introduction to Nondestructive Testing. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2004.

An edited book

[1]

Vickers L. Fire-Resistant Geopolymers: Role of Fibres and Fillers to Enhance Thermal Properties. Singapore: Springer; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Colombo GF, Dragoni M. The Legal Protection of Software in Japan—An Original Model? In: Bellantuono G, Lara FT, editors. Law, Development and Innovation, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 67–88.

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 Omega.

Blog post

[1]

Evans K. Forget What You Heard: Jupiter Does Not Orbit The Sun. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/forget-wha-you-heard-jupiter-does-not-orbit-the-sun/ (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. DOD’s High-Risk Areas: Efforts to Improve Supply Chain Can Be Enhanced by Linkage to Outcomes, Progress in Transforming Business Operations, and Reexamination of Logistics Governance and Strategy. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Luscinski A. Best Practices in Adult Online Learning. Doctoral dissertation. Pepperdine University, 2017.

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]

Walsh MW. Bipartisan Bill Poses Federal Control Over Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Affairs. New York Times 2016:B5.

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	Omega
ISSN (print)	0305-0483
Scope	Strategy and Management Information Systems and Management Management Science and Operations Research