How to format your references using the The Journal of Organic Chemistry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Organic Chemistry. 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

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Wright, J. Genetics: Unravelling Complexity. Nature 2014, 508 (7494), S6-7.

A journal article with 2 authors

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Qian, L.; Winfree, E. Scaling up Digital Circuit Computation with DNA Strand Displacement Cascades. Science 2011, 332 (6034), 1196–1201.

A journal article with 3 authors

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Gehring, M.; Bubb, K. L.; Henikoff, S. Extensive Demethylation of Repetitive Elements during Seed Development Underlies Gene Imprinting. Science 2009, 324 (5933), 1447–1451.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

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Goldberg, A. V.; Molik, S.; Tsaousis, A. D.; Neumann, K.; Kuhnke, G.; Delbac, F.; Vivares, C. P.; Hirt, R. P.; Lill, R.; Embley, T. M. Localization and Functionality of Microsporidian Iron-Sulphur Cluster Assembly Proteins. Nature 2008, 452 (7187), 624–628.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

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Ibe, E. H. Terrestrial Radiation Effects in ULSI Devices and Electronic Systems; John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd: Singapore, 2014.

An edited book

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Digital Factory for Human-Oriented Production Systems: The Integration of International Research Projects; Canetta, L., Redaelli, C., Flores, M., Eds.; Springer: London, 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

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Xu, K.; Terakawa, S. Biochemical Studies on Myelin of the Nervous System. In Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp: The Fastest Impulse Conduction in the Animal Kingdom; Terakawa, S., Ed.; Springer Japan: Tokyo, 2013; pp 31–34.

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 The Journal of Organic Chemistry.

Blog post

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Davis, J. Vast Medieval Cities Discovered Under The Rainforest In Cambodia. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/vast-medieval-cities-discovered-under-the-rainforest-in-cambodia/ (accessed 2018-10-30).

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

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Government Accountability Office. Guaranteed Student Loans: Comparisons of Single State and Multistate Guaranty Agencies; HRD-89-92; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1989.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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Solorzano, E. A Mindfulness-Based Psycho-Educational Group for Caregivers of Older Adults: A Grant Proposal. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA, 2014.

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

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Paulson, M. The Flea Makes a Big Move in TriBeCa. New York Times. August 31, 2017, p C8.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	The Journal of Organic Chemistry
Abbreviation	J. Org. Chem.
ISSN (print)	0022-3263
ISSN (online)	1520-6904
Scope	Organic Chemistry