How to format your references using the Research in Number Theory citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Research in Number Theory. 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

Janson, S.: Computer science. Networking--smoothly does it. Science. 333, 298–299 (2011)

A journal article with 2 authors

Reinhoudt, D.N., Crego-Calama, M.: Synthesis beyond the molecule. Science. 295, 2403–2407 (2002)

A journal article with 3 authors

Eerenstein, W., Mathur, N.D., Scott, J.F.: Multiferroic and magnetoelectric materials. Nature. 442, 759–765 (2006)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Walsh, D.A., Zaikova, E., Howes, C.G., Song, Y.C., Wright, J.J., Tringe, S.G., Tortell, P.D., Hallam, S.J.: Metagenome of a versatile chemolithoautotroph from expanding oceanic dead zones. Science. 326, 578–582 (2009)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hooker, J.: Logic-Based Methods for Optimization. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (2000)

An edited book

Bonakdarpour, B., Petit, F. eds: Stabilization, Safety, and Security of Distributed Systems: 18th International Symposium, SSS 2016, Lyon, France, November 7-10, 2016, Proceedings. Springer International Publishing, Cham (2016)

A chapter in an edited book

Maguire, R.: Foundations of International Climate Law: Objectives, Principles and Methods. In: Hollo, E.J., Kulovesi, K., and Mehling, M. (eds.) Climate Change and the Law. pp. 83–110. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht (2013)

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 Research in Number Theory.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J.: Futuristic Railway System Planned For Dubai Will Transport People In Vacuum Tubes At 1,220 Kilometers Per Hour, https://www.iflscience.com/space/futuristic-railway-system-planned-for-dubai-will-transport-people-in-vacuum-tubes-at-1220-kilometers-per-hour/

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: Federal Research: Assessment of the Financial Audit for SEMATECH’s Activities in 1989. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1991)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kennedy-Reid, S.K.: Exploring the Habitus: A Phenomenological Study of Transformative Learning Processes, (2012)

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

Rojas, R.: Brooklyn Heroin Ring Shut Down, Officials Say; 25 Are Charged, (2015)

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	Research in Number Theory
Abbreviation	Res. Number Theory
ISSN (online)	2363-9555
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