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]

Legenstein R. Computer science: Nanoscale connections for brain-like circuits. Nature. 2015;521:37–38.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Jacobson MZ, Masters GM. Energy. Exploiting wind versus coal. Science. 2001;293:1438.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Ergon T, Lambin X, Stenseth NC. Life-history traits of voles in a fluctuating population respond to the immediate environment. Nature. 2001;411:1043–1045.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Castellino F, Huang AY, Altan-Bonnet G, et al. Chemokines enhance immunity by guiding naive CD8+ T cells to sites of CD4+ T cell-dendritic cell interaction. Nature. 2006;440:890–895.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Zhang W, Shmulevich I, Astola J. Microarray Quality Control. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

[1]

Beckert B, Damiani F, Boer FS de, et al., editors. Formal Methods for Components and Objects: 10th International Symposium, FMCO 2011, Turin, Italy, October 3-5, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Budhu A, Wang XW. Molecular Profiling of Human Hepatocellular Carcinoma. In: Carr BI, editor. Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Diagnosis and Treatment. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 93–112.

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]

Andrew D. Yes, You Heard Right: More Cane Toads Really Can Help Us Fight Cane Toads [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/yes-you-heard-right-more-cane-toads-really-can-help-us-fight-cane-toads/.

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. EPA: New Motor Vehicles and New Motor Vehicle Engines Air Pollution Control--Voluntary Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997. Report No.: OGC-97-45. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Khayyat AM. Use of near field communication technology to prevent consumption and usage of expired products [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2015.

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]

Koblin J. A Media Odd Couple Determined to Jell. New York Times. 2016 Oct 30;B1.

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

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