How to format your references using the Sensors citation style

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

Grangier, P. Physics. Make It Quantum and Continuous. Science 2011, 332, 313–314.

A journal article with 2 authors

Csabai, I.; Szathmáry, E. Comment on “A Bacterium That Can Grow by Using Arsenic Instead of Phosphorus.” Science 2011, 332, 1149; author reply 1149.

A journal article with 3 authors

George, A.M.; Iñiguez, J.; Bellaiche, L. Anomalous Properties in Ferroelectrics Induced by Atomic Ordering. Nature 2001, 413, 54–57.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Shishika, D.; Manoukis, N.C.; Butail, S.; Paley, D.A. Male Motion Coordination in Anopheline Mating Swarms. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 6318.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bowers, D.; House, A.; Owens, D. Getting Started in Health Research; Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, UK, 2011; ISBN 9781444341300.

An edited book

Stoker, J. Imaging Pelvic Floor Disorders; Taylor, S.A., DeLancey, J.O.L., Eds.; Medical Radiology, Diagnostic Imaging; 2nd Revised Edition.; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2008; ISBN 9783540719663.

A chapter in an edited book

Behera, S.K.; Chae, S.-H.; Yeo, H.-K.; Park, H.-S. Enhancement of Eco-Production Capacity in Chittagong Export Processing Zone (CEPZ), Bangladesh, Employing Korean EIP Transition Strategy. In Cities and Sustainability: Issues and Strategic Pathways; Dev, S.M., Yedla, S., Eds.; Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics; Springer India: New Delhi, 2015; pp. 63–80 ISBN 9788132223092.

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 Sensors.

Blog post

Andrew, E. Habit Could Explain Poor Eating Decisions Made By Anorexics Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/habit-could-explain-poor-eating-decisions-made-anorexics/ (accessed on 30 October 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

Government Accountability Office NASA Contract Management: Improving the Use of DCAA’s Auditing Services; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1994;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Al-Qazzaz, A.L. A Kinetic Study of the Radiolytic Degradation of Phthalates in Aqueous Solutions. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 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

Norton, M.B. A House of Her Own. New York Times 2013, BR14.

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	Sensors
Abbreviation	Sensors (Basel)
ISSN (online)	1424-8220
Scope	Biochemistry Analytical Chemistry Electrical and Electronic Engineering Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics