How to format your references using the REACH - Reviews in Human Space Exploration citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for REACH - Reviews in Human Space Exploration. 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

[1]

Gangui A. Astronomy. A preposterous universe. Science 2003;299:1333–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Misra A, Ching WY. Theoretical nonlinear response of complex single crystal under multi-axial tensile loading. Sci Rep 2013;3:1488.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Ishishita S, Matsuda Y, Kitada K. Genetic evidence suggests that Spata22 is required for the maintenance of Rad51 foci in mammalian meiosis. Sci Rep 2014;4:6148.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Hao L, Long J, YongBin L, DongRong S, Yan Z, YiGong Z, et al. Hand-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pulmonary metastasectomy through sternocostal triangle access: superiority in detection of non-imaged pulmonary nodules. Sci Rep 2014;4:4539.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Denny HR, Butterworth SJ. A Guide to Canine and Feline Orthopaedic Surgery. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Science Ltd; 2008.

An edited book

[1]

Cristofaro ED, Murdoch SJ, editors. Privacy Enhancing Technologies: 14th International Symposium, PETS 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 16-18, 2014. Proceedings. vol. 8555. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Yannopoulos D, Nadkarni VM. Regional Circulations. In: Lucking SE, Maffei FA, Tamburro RF, Thomas NJ, editors. Pediatric Critical Care Study Guide: Text and Review, London: Springer; 2012, p. 65–93.

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 REACH - Reviews in Human Space Exploration.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Galaxy Cluster 9.9 Billion Light Years Away Confirmed. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/space/galaxy-cluster-99-billion-light-years-away-confirmed/ (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. Highway Projects: Many Federal and State Environmental Review Requirements Are Similar, and Little Duplication of Effort Occurs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Vespa MC. System Identification and Compensation Using a Surface-Bristle Deflection Model. Doctoral dissertation. Southern Illinois University, 2013.

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. Hit Show? No, but Close Enough. New York Times 2017:B4.

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	REACH - Reviews in Human Space Exploration
ISSN (print)	2352-3093
Scope	Aerospace Engineering Medicine (miscellaneous) Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiation Human Factors and Ergonomics