How to format your references using the Progress in Polymer Science citation style

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

Pickup DJ. Cell biology. Propelling progeny. Science 2010;327:787–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Sirotin YB, Das A. Anticipatory haemodynamic signals in sensory cortex not predicted by local neuronal activity. Nature 2009;457:475–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Kalisz S, Vogler DW, Hanley KM. Context-dependent autonomous self-fertilization yields reproductive assurance and mixed mating. Nature 2004;430:884–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Armond JW, Saha K, Rana AA, Oates CJ, Jaenisch R, Nicodemi M, et al. A stochastic model dissects cell states in biological transition processes. Sci Rep 2014;4:3692.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Held T. In-situ-Verfahren zur Boden- und Grundwassersanierung. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Oliveira MC. Tensegrity Systems. 1st ed. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Marquardt W, Morbach J, Wiesner A, Yang A. Upper Level. In: Morbach J, Wiesner A, Yang A, editors. OntoCAPE: A Re-Usable Ontology for Chemical Process Engineering, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010, p. 109–62.

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 Progress in Polymer Science.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew D. 13 Facts About Flirting That Single — and Married — People Should Know. IFLScience 2016.

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. Tax Systems Modernization: Results of Review of IRS’ Initial Expenditure Plan. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Ratliff DJ. Teen parenting curriculum: A grant proposal project. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2009.

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]

Barry E, Kishkovsky S. Latest Twist at Bolshoi: Director Is Pushed Out. New York Times 2013:C1.

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	Progress in Polymer Science
Abbreviation	Prog. Polym. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0079-6700
Scope	Organic Chemistry Ceramics and Composites Materials Chemistry Polymers and Plastics Surfaces and Interfaces

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