How to format your references using the Soil Processes citation style

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

Ray, A. Plant Genetics: RNA Cache or Genome Trash? Nature 2005, 437, E1-2; discussion E2.

A journal article with 2 authors

Brovkin, V.; Claussen, M. Comment on “Climate-Driven Ecosystem Succession in the Sahara: The Past 6000 Years.” Science 2008, 322, 1326; author reply 1326.

A journal article with 3 authors

Nielsen, L.K.; Bjørnholm, T.; Mouritsen, O.G. Fluctuations Caught in the Act. Nature 2000, 404, 352.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Joye, S.B.; Leifer, I.; MacDonald, I.R.; Chanton, J.P.; Meile, C.D.; Teske, A.P.; Kostka, J.E.; Chistoserdova, L.; Coffin, R.; Hollander, D.; et al. Comment on “A Persistent Oxygen Anomaly Reveals the Fate of Spilled Methane in the Deep Gulf of Mexico.” Science 2011, 332, 1033; author reply 1033.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bittner, M. Temporality: Universals and Variation; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Oxford, UK, 2014; ISBN 9781118584002.

An edited book

Learning Classifier Systems: International Workshops, IWLCS 2003-2005, Revised Selected Papers; Kovacs, T., Llorà, X., Takadama, K., Lanzi, P.L., Stolzmann, W., Wilson, S.W., Eds.; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2007; Vol. 4399; ISBN 9783540712305.

A chapter in an edited book

Boos, M.; Wanat, K.; Treat, J. Cutaneous Emergencies in the HIV-Positive Patient. In Buka’s Emergencies in Dermatology; Buka, B., Uliasz, A., Krishnamurthy, K., Eds.; Springer: New York, NY, 2013; pp. 83–101 ISBN 9781461450306.

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 Soil Processes.

Blog post

Taub, B. Dragonflies Hold Turf Wars For Control Of Elephants’ Footprints Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/dragonflies-hold-turf-wars-control-elephants-footprints/ (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 Aviation Manufacturing: Status of FAA’s Efforts to Improve Certification and Regulatory Consistency; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2014;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Simsic, G. Revisiting Addiction Using Depth Psychology: The Myth of Exodus as a Blueprint for Recovery. Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute: Carpinteria, CA, 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

Barron, J. A Dispute Over a Composer’s Burial Place, and His Legacy. New York Times 2015, A15.

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	Soil Processes
ISSN (online)	2411-5126
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