How to format your references using the Surfaces and Interfaces citation style

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

R. Wollman, Development. Counting the ways to decode dynamic signals, Science. 343 (2014) 1326–1327.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

R. Bremner, J. Sage, Cancer: The origin of human retinoblastoma, Nature. 514 (2014) 312–313.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Y. Okada, H. Higuchi, N. Hirokawa, Processivity of the single-headed kinesin KIF1A through biased binding to tubulin, Nature. 424 (2003) 574–577.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

F.A. Court, D.L. Sherman, T. Pratt, E.M. Garry, R.R. Ribchester, D.F. Cottrell, S.M. Fleetwood-Walker, P.J. Brophy, Restricted growth of Schwann cells lacking Cajal bands slows conduction in myelinated nerves, Nature. 431 (2004) 191–195.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

D.F. Taber, Organic Synthesis: State of the 2005-2007, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2008.

An edited book

[1]

R.W. Toseland, D.H. Haigler, D.J. Monahan, eds., Education and Support Programs for Caregivers: Research, Practice, Policy, 1st ed., Springer, New York, NY, 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

P.J. Arrazola, Finite-element Modeling and Simulation, in: J.P. Davim (Ed.), Machining of Hard Materials, Springer, London, 2011: pp. 143–175.

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 Surfaces and Interfaces.

Blog post

[1]

E. Andrew, Do 3D Films Make you Dizzy – or is it Just Your Imagination?, IFLScience. (2015). https://www.iflscience.com/technology/do-3d-films-make-you-dizzy-or-it-just-your-imagination/ (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, Information Technology: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but Further Actions Are Needed, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

L.K. Dunn, Hiring manager’s consideration process for ex-offender job applicants: A grounded theory study, 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]

L. Yablonsky, Artists in Residence, New York Times. (2010) M224.

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	Surfaces and Interfaces
Abbreviation	Surf. Interfaces
ISSN (print)	2468-0230
Scope	Surfaces, Coatings and Films

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