How to format your references using the Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics. 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

Plasterk, R.H.A.: RNA silencing: the genome’s immune system. Science. 296, 1263–1265 (2002)

A journal article with 2 authors

Lowry, A.R., Pérez-Gussinyé, M.: The role of crustal quartz in controlling Cordilleran deformation. Nature. 471, 353–357 (2011)

A journal article with 3 authors

Michael Beman, J., Arrigo, K.R., Matson, P.A.: Agricultural runoff fuels large phytoplankton blooms in vulnerable areas of the ocean. Nature. 434, 211–214 (2005)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Cui, Y., Yang, Y., Ni, Z., Dong, Y., Cai, G., Foncelle, A., Ma, S., Sang, K., Tang, S., Li, Y., Shen, Y., Berry, H., Wu, S., Hu, H.: Astroglial Kir4.1 in the lateral habenula drives neuronal bursts in depression. Nature. 554, 323–327 (2018)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Jevon, P.: Paediatric Advanced Life Support. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., West Sussex, UK (2012)

An edited book

Lopes, L., Žilinskas, J., Costan, A., Cascella, R.G., Kecskemeti, G., Jeannot, E., Cannataro, M., Ricci, L., Benkner, S., Petit, S., Scarano, V., Gracia, J., Hunold, S., Scott, S.L., Lankes, S., Lengauer, C., Carretero, J., Breitbart, J., Alexander, M. eds: Euro-Par 2014: Parallel Processing Workshops: Euro-Par 2014 International Workshops, Porto, Portugal, August 25-26, 2014, Revised Selected Papers, Part II. Springer International Publishing, Cham (2014)

A chapter in an edited book

Li, B., Jia, W.: ABA Transport and Distribution in Relation to Its Function in Plants. In: Zhang, D.-P. (ed.) Abscisic Acid: Metabolism, Transport and Signaling. pp. 61–75. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht (2014)

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 Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics.

Blog post

Hamilton, K.: The Maths Behind “Impossible’ Never-Repeating Patterns, https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/the-maths-behind-impossible-never-repeating-patterns/

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: Emergency Communications: Vulnerabilities Remain and Limited Collaboration and Monitoring Hamper Federal Efforts. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2009)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Karlen, D.J.: The Biocomplexity of Benthic Communities Associated with a Shallow-water Hydrothermal System in Papua New Guinea, (2010)

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

Rothenberg, B.: She Beat Her Stresses. Now Can She Beat Venus?, (2017)

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	Theoretical and Computational Fluid Dynamics
Abbreviation	Theor. Comput. Fluid Dyn.
ISSN (print)	0935-4964
ISSN (online)	1432-2250
Scope	Fluid Flow and Transfer Processes General Engineering Computational Mechanics Condensed Matter Physics