How to format your references using the Polymer Bulletin citation style

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

Mindell JA (2010) Structural biology. The Tao of chloride transporter structure. Science 330:601–602

A journal article with 2 authors

Chen Y, Dorn GW 2nd (2013) PINK1-phosphorylated mitofusin 2 is a Parkin receptor for culling damaged mitochondria. Science 340:471–475

A journal article with 3 authors

Kim SF, Huri DA, Snyder SH (2005) Inducible nitric oxide synthase binds, S-nitrosylates, and activates cyclooxygenase-2. Science 310:1966–1970

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Paillaud J-L, Harbuzaru B, Patarin J, Bats N (2004) Extra-large-pore zeolites with two-dimensional channels formed by 14 and 12 rings. Science 304:990–992

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cicek V, Al-Numan B (2011) Corrosion Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Rai M, Varma A (2011) Diversity and Biotechnology of Ectomycorrhizae. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Laurens BJ, Maino R (2009) Monetary Policy Implementation in China: Past, Present, and Prospects. In: Barth JR, Tatom JA, Yago G (eds) China’s Emerging Financial Markets: Challenges and Opportunities. Springer US, Boston, MA, pp 129–165

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 Polymer Bulletin.

Blog post

Andrew D (2015) Lightning Strike Causes Whiskey Firenado At Jim Beam Factory. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/firenado-fuelled-jim-beam/. Accessed 30 Oct 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

Government Accountability Office (2016) K-12 Education: Better Use of Information Could Help Agencies Identify Disparities and Address Racial Discrimination. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Louviere EC (2017) Bonds Behind Bars: The Impact of Program Participation on Interpersonal Inmate Connections in Louisiana State Penitentiary. Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana

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

Koblin J (2017) Amazon Executive Resigns After Harassment Claim. New York Times B6

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	Polymer Bulletin
Abbreviation	Polym. Bull. (Berl.)
ISSN (print)	0170-0839
ISSN (online)	1436-2449
Scope	General Chemistry Materials Chemistry Polymers and Plastics Condensed Matter Physics

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