How to format your references using the Serdica Journal of Computing citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Serdica Journal of Computing (SJC). 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] Macilwain, C. Scientists vs engineers: this time it’s financial, Nature. 467 (2010) 885.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1] Ting, A.Y., and D. Endy. Signal transduction. Decoding NF-kappaB signaling, Science. 298 (2002) 1189–1190.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1] Cubrović, M., J. Zaanen, and K. Schalm. String theory, quantum phase transitions, and the emergent Fermi liquid, Science. 325 (2009) 439–444.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

[1] Kim, J., K. Inoue, J. Ishii, W.B. Vanti, S.V. Voronov, E. Murchison, G. Hannon, and A. Abeliovich. A MicroRNA feedback circuit in midbrain dopamine neurons, Science. 317 (2007) 1220–1224.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1] Blanchet, G., and M. Charbit. Digital Signal and Image Processing Using MATLAB®. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

[1] Hamilton, S.C. Geometric Control of Patterned Linear Systems. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

[1] Zentes, J., D. Morschett, and H. Schramm-Klein. Retail Formats – General Merchandise, In: Strategic Retail Management: Text and International Cases, (Eds: Morschett, D., and H. Schramm-Klein), Wiesbaden: Gabler Verlag: pp. 49–69.

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 Serdica Journal of Computing.

Blog post

[1] Davis, J. Why Do Cats Purr?, IFLScience. (2015).

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. The Education of the New Public Executive. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1] Anderson, M.S. Integrating Emergency Medical Services Into the Patient-Centered Medical Home, Doctoral dissertation, Capella University, 2017.

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] Hubbard, B., and I. Fisher. President Puts Saudis at Core Of Peace Effort, New York Times. (2017) A1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [2].
This sentence cites two references [2, 4].
This sentence cites four references [4, 6, 7, 8].

About the journal

Full journal title	Serdica Journal of Computing
ISSN (print)	1312-6555
ISSN (online)	1314-7897
Scope