How to format your references using the Robotics and Biomimetics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Robotics and Biomimetics. 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. Mitchell TM. Computer science. Mining our reality. Science. 2009;326:1644–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Phair RD, Misteli T. High mobility of proteins in the mammalian cell nucleus. Nature. 2000;404:604–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Waghmare PR, Das S, Mitra SK. Under-water superoleophobic glass: unexplored role of the surfactant-rich solvent. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1862.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Trappe V, Prasad V, Cipelletti L, Segre PN, Weitz DA. Jamming phase diagram for attractive particles. Nature. 2001;411:772–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Assing D, Calé S. Mobile Access Safety. Hoboken, NJ 07030 USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Matoušek V, Mautner P, editors. Text, Speech and Dialogue: 12th International Conference, TSD 2009, Pilsen, Czech Republic, September 13-17, 2009. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Horn S, Korsunova A. Trends in EU Energy Policy 1995–2007. In: Järvelä M, Juhola S, editors. Energy, Policy, and the Environment: Modeling Sustainable Development for the North. New York, NY: Springer; 2011. p. 45–63.

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 Robotics and Biomimetics.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Could a Shield of Hot Air Block Shockwaves? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/could-this-hot-air-shield-block-shockwaves/

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. Achieving Greater Economies in Data Processing in Federal Government. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1981 Jun. Report No.: 115926.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Sevier J. A preventative and treatment substance use program for GLBT adolescents in Long Beach: A grant proposal [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Schwirtz M. Two Ex-Correction Officials Deny Clearing Trips to Maine. New York Times. 2017 May 8;A19.

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	Robotics and Biomimetics
Abbreviation	Robotics Biomim.
ISSN (online)	2197-3768
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