How to format your references using the Science Bulletin citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Science Bulletin. 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

[1]

Nisini B. ASTRONOMY: Enhanced: Water’s Role in Making Stars. Science 2000;290:1513–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Cooper KM, Kent AJR. Rapid remobilization of magmatic crystals kept in cold storage. Nature 2014;506:480–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Richardson CE, Kooistra T, Kim DH. An essential role for XBP-1 in host protection against immune activation in C. elegans. Nature 2010;463:1092–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Bourdon B, Ribe NM, Stracke A, Saal AE, Turner SP. Insights into the dynamics of mantle plumes from uranium-series geochemistry. Nature 2006;444:713–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Klugman SA, Panjer HH, Willmot GE. Loss Models: Further Topics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Tinning R, Sirna K, editors. Education, Social Justice and the Legacy of Deakin University: Reflections of the Deakin Diaspora. vol. 76. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Qureshi H, Verma A. It Is Just Not Cricket. In: Haberfeld MR, Sheehan D, editors. Match-Fixing in International Sports: Existing Processes, Law Enforcement, and Prevention Strategies, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2013, p. 69–88.

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 Science Bulletin.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Turn Water Into Ice Instantly! IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/turn-water-ice-instantly/ (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. Amtrak: Improved Management and Controls over Food and Beverage Service Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Ismail A-R. Assessing the relationship between the Internet, radio frequency identifier (RFID), and information technology (IT) flexibility: A correlational study and findings. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University, 2009.

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]

Vecsey G. U.S. Roster Soap Opera Settled on Daytime TV. New York Times 2010:B12.

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	Science Bulletin
Abbreviation	Sci. Bull. (Beijing)
ISSN (print)	2095-9273
Scope	Multidisciplinary

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