How to format your references using the Solid State Communications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Solid State Communications. 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]

J.A. Coyne, Evolution. Ernst Mayr (1904-2005), Science 307 (2005) 1212–1213.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

S.H. Friend, E.E. Schadt, Translational genomics. Clues from the resilient, Science 344 (2014) 970–972.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

M. Zhao, W. Dong, A. Wang, Two-dimensional carbon topological insulators superior to graphene, Sci. Rep. 3 (2013) 3532.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

A.E. Moyer, W. Zheng, E.A. Johnson, M.C. Lamanna, D.-Q. Li, K.J. Lacovara, M.H. Schweitzer, Melanosomes or microbes: testing an alternative hypothesis for the origin of microbodies in fossil feathers, Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 4233.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

The Chartered Institute of Building, Code of Practice for Project Management for Construction and Development, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford, UK, 2008.

An edited book

[1]

G. Teyssière, A.P. Kirman, eds., Long Memory in Economics, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

H. Rydin, U. Gunnarsson, S. Sundberg, The Role of Sphagnum in Peatland Development and Persistence, in: R.K. Wieder, D.H. Vitt (Eds.), Boreal Peatland Ecosystems, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2006: pp. 47–65.

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 Solid State Communications.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, Physicists Develop Reversible Laser Tractor Beam Functional Over Long Distances, IFLScience (2014). https://www.iflscience.com/physics/physicists-develop-reversible-laser-tractor-beam-functional-over-long-distances/ (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, Federal Student Aid: Progress in Integrating Pell Grant and Direct Loan Systems and Processes, but Critical Work Remains, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

J.W. Stevens, Perception of counselor ethical behavior: A quantitative look at dual relationships in Maine, Doctoral dissertation, Capella University, 2008.

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]

J. Markoff, Technologists Face Hurdles Before They Take Wheel, New York Times (2017) B4.

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	Solid State Communications
Abbreviation	Solid State Commun.
ISSN (print)	0038-1098
Scope	General Chemistry Materials Chemistry Condensed Matter Physics