How to format your references using the Topics in Catalysis citation style

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

Heeney JL (2015) Ebola: Hidden reservoirs. Nature 527:453–455

A journal article with 2 authors

Hajnóczky G, Hoek JB (2007) Cell signaling. Mitochondrial longevity pathways. Science 315:607–609

A journal article with 3 authors

Juanes-Marcos JC, Althorpe SC, Wrede E (2005) Theoretical study of geometric phase effects in the hydrogen-exchange reaction. Science 309:1227–1230

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Nowack MK, Shirzadi R, Dissmeyer N, et al (2007) Bypassing genomic imprinting allows seed development. Nature 447:312–315

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Quinn JF (2013) Dementia. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Oxford

An edited book

Chechurin L (2016) Research and Practice on the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving (TRIZ): Linking Creativity, Engineering and Innovation. Springer International Publishing, Cham

A chapter in an edited book

McCarthy S, Miheljak V, Petrović N, et al (2013) Definitions of War, Terrorism, and Torture in the Balkan Peninsula and Russia. In: Malley-Morrison K, McCarthy S, Hines D (eds) International Handbook of War, Torture, and Terrorism. Springer, New York, NY, pp 49–61

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 Topics in Catalysis.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) It May Be Possible To Train Your Brain To Prefer Healthier Food. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/it-may-be-possible-train-your-brain-prefer-healthier-food/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (2003) Information Technology: Benefits Realized for Selected Health Care Functions. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

De Anda B (2012) Factors that contribute to the stigma of mental illness. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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

Kovaleski SF, Alter A, Howard JC (2015) Friends, Fans and Now Alabama Debate the State of Harper Lee. New York Times A1

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	Topics in Catalysis
Abbreviation	Top. Catal.
ISSN (print)	1022-5528
ISSN (online)	1572-9028
Scope	Catalysis General Chemistry