How to format your references using the Physics and Chemistry of Liquids citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Physics and Chemistry of Liquids. 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]

Mawet D. PLANETARY SCIENCE. Eyeing up a Jupiter-like exoplanet. Science. 2015;350(6256):39–40.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Curry R, Mauritzen C. Dilution of the northern North Atlantic Ocean in recent decades. Science. 2005;308(5729):1772–1774.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Ishizawa N, Setoguchi H, Yanagisawa K. Structural evolution of calcite at high temperatures: phase V unveiled. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2832.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Liu B, Wang L, Xu M, et al. Efficient hybrid white organic light-emitting diodes with extremely long lifetime: the effect of n-type interlayer. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7198.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Blair R. Organic Production and Food Quality. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Romanowska J. Developing Leadership and Employee Health Through the Arts: Improving Leader-Employee Relationships. Nyberg A, Theorell T, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Hamilton D, Zufiaurre B. New Education for New Times. In: Zufiaurre B, editor. Blackboards and Bootstraps: Revisioning Education and Schooling. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2014. p. 87–111.

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 Physics and Chemistry of Liquids.

Blog post

[1]

Andrews R. There Is A Gigantic Neuron Wrapping Itself Around Your Entire Brain. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017.

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. Health Information Technology: HHS Is Pursuing Efforts to Advance Nationwide Implementation, but Has Not Yet Completed a National Strategy. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008. Report No.: GAO-08-499T. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Greene J. Recognizing the “Muchness” in Art Education: a Historical Analysis of Developments in Education and Art Education Since the 1950s and the Finding Your Muchness Photoshop Curriculum [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington 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]

Loomis G. Interpreting Verdi and Alfredo Casella. New York Times. 2016 Apr 26;C4.

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	Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
Abbreviation	Phys. Chem. Liquids
ISSN (print)	0031-9104
ISSN (online)	1029-0451
Scope	Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials Materials Chemistry Condensed Matter Physics