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]

Palter J. Marine science: Storms bring ocean nutrients to light. Nature 2015;525:460–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Liao S, Seeman NC. Translation of DNA signals into polymer assembly instructions. Science 2004;306:2072–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Zhao J, Murray S, Lipuma JJ. Modeling the impact of antibiotic exposure on human microbiota. Sci Rep 2014;4:4345.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Sousa C, Novais Â, Magalhães A, Lopes J, Peixe L. Diverse high-risk B2 and D Escherichia coli clones depicted by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Sci Rep 2013;3:3278.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Chadwick P. Person-Based Cognitive Therapy for Distressing Psychosis. West Sussex, England: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2008.

An edited book

[1]

Orlov YV. Advanced H∞ Control: Towards Nonsmooth Theory and Applications. New York, NY: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Halpin H, Hayes PJ, Thompson HS. When owl:sameAs isn’t the Same Redux: Towards a Theory of Identity, Context, and Inference on the Semantic Web. In: Christiansen H, Stojanovic I, Papadopoulos GA, editors. Modeling and Using Context: 9th International and Interdisciplinary Conference, CONTEXT 2015, Lanarca, Cyprus, November 2-6,2015. Proceedings, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015, p. 47–60.

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. Is The Changing Definition Of Autism Narrowing What We Think Of As ‘Normal’? IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/changing-definition-autism-narrowing-what-we-think-normal/ (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. National Transportation Safety Board: Observations on the Draft Business Plan for NTSB’s Training Center. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Boyer TH. Removal of natural organic matter by anion exchange: Multiscale experimentation and mathematical modeling. Doctoral dissertation. University of North Carolina, 2008.

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]

Walsh MW. Inquiry Focuses on White House Role in Preserving Union Pensions at Delphi. New York Times 2010:B3.

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

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