How to format your references using the Selecta Mathematica citation style

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

Spurgeon, D.: Investing to compete. Ontario. Nature. 425, 104–105 (2003)

A journal article with 2 authors

Solozhenko, V.L., Kurakevych, O.O.: Equilibrium p-T phase diagram of boron: experimental study and thermodynamic analysis. Sci. Rep. 3, 2351 (2013)

A journal article with 3 authors

Park, S., Vohs, J.M., Gorte, R.J.: Direct oxidation of hydrocarbons in a solid-oxide fuel cell. Nature. 404, 265–267 (2000)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

He, L., Wu, X.-S., Mohan, R., Wu, L.-G.: Two modes of fusion pore opening revealed by cell-attached recordings at a synapse. Nature. 444, 102–105 (2006)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Fight, A.: Understanding International Bank Risk. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Oxford, UK (2004)

An edited book

Figg, W.D., Chau, C.H., Small, E.J. eds: Drug Management of Prostate Cancer. Springer, New York, NY (2010)

A chapter in an edited book

Tosin, A.: Kinetic Equations and Stochastic Game Theory for Social Systems. In: Celletti, A., Locatelli, U., Ruggeri, T., and Strickland, E. (eds.) Mathematical Models and Methods for Planet Earth. pp. 37–57. Springer International Publishing, Cham (2014)

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 Selecta Mathematica.

Blog post

Andrew, E.: Diverse Species Of World’s Largest Lake Threatened By Mongolian Dam And Pipeline, https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/diverse-species-world-s-largest-lake-threatened-mongolian-dam-and-pipeline/

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: Civil Aviation Research and Development Programs and Facilities. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1976)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ogawa, N.: A Man Walks into the World, (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

Greenhouse, L.: Supreme Court Takes Up Global Warming Case, (2006)

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	Selecta Mathematica
Abbreviation	Sel. Math. New Ser.
ISSN (print)	1022-1824
ISSN (online)	1420-9020
Scope	General Mathematics General Physics and Astronomy