How to format your references using the Russian Geology and Geophysics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Russian Geology and Geophysics. 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

Rey, F.A., 2013. Dengue virus: two hosts, two structures. Nature 497, 443–444.

A journal article with 2 authors

Meehl, G.A., Tebaldi, C., 2004. More intense, more frequent, and longer lasting heat waves in the 21st century. Science 305, 994–997.

A journal article with 3 authors

Cira, N.J., Benusiglio, A., Prakash, M., 2015. Vapour-mediated sensing and motility in two-component droplets. Nature 519, 446–450.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Min, B., Ostby, E., Sorger, V., Ulin-Avila, E., Yang, L., Zhang, X., Vahala, K., 2009. High-Q surface-plasmon-polariton whispering-gallery microcavity. Nature 457, 455–458.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Center for Chemical Process Safety, 2014. Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Ignition of a Released Flammable Mass. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Bouguettaya, A., Sheng, Q.Z., Daniel, F. (Eds.), 2014. Web Services Foundations. Springer, New York, NY.

A chapter in an edited book

Novo, J., Sierra, C.V., Santos, J., Penedo, M.G., 2014. Using Evolved Artificial Neural Networks for Providing an Emergent Segmentation with an Active Net Model, in: Tweedale, J.W., Jain, L.C. (Eds.), Recent Advances in Knowledge-Based Paradigms and Applications: Enhanced Applications Using Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Techniques, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 57–72.

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 Russian Geology and Geophysics.

Blog post

Luntz, S., 2014. Two Early Galaxies Grew Old Before Their Time [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/space/two-early-galaxies-grew-old-their-time/ (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 2014. Transportation for Older Adults: Measuring Results Could Help Determine If Coordination Efforts Improve Mobility (No. GAO-15-158). U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Stoltzfus, K.M., 2010. The relationship between teachers’ training transfer and their perceptions of principal leadership style (Doctoral dissertation). University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.

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

Hervieux, L., 2013. Brooklynite Hits France, With Plans To Seduce. New York Times B1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Rey, 2013).
This sentence cites two references (Meehl and Tebaldi, 2004; Rey, 2013).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Meehl and Tebaldi, 2004)
Three or more authors: (Min et al., 2009)

About the journal

Full journal title	Russian Geology and Geophysics
Abbreviation	Russ. Geol. Geophys.
ISSN (print)	1068-7971
Scope	Geology Geophysics