How to format your references using the Wireless Networks citation style

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

Guthrie, R. D. (2006). New carbon dates link climatic change with human colonization and Pleistocene extinctions. Nature, 441(7090), 207–209.

A journal article with 2 authors

Chhowalla, M., & Amaratunga, G. A. (2000). Thin films of fullerene-like MoS2 nanoparticles with ultra-low friction and wear. Nature, 407(6801), 164–167.

A journal article with 3 authors

Pfanner, N., Wiedemann, N., & Meisinger, C. (2004). Cell biology. Double membrane fusion. Science (New York, N.Y.), 305(5691), 1723–1724.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Wielicki, B. A., Wong, T., Loeb, N., Minnis, P., Priestley, K., & Kandel, R. (2005). Changes in Earth’s albedo measured by satellite. Science (New York, N.Y.), 308(5723), 825.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Qu, D. (2016). Manufacturing and Managing Customer-Driven Derivatives. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Vieira, M., & Ho, P. (Eds.). (2008). Experiments in Unit Operations and Processing of Foods (Vol. 5). Boston, MA: Springer US.

A chapter in an edited book

Morales, J. M., Conejo, A. J., Madsen, H., Pinson, P., & Zugno, M. (2014). Balancing Markets. In A. J. Conejo, H. Madsen, P. Pinson, & M. Zugno (Eds.), Integrating Renewables in Electricity Markets: Operational Problems (pp. 101–136). Boston, MA: Springer US.

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 Wireless Networks.

Blog post

Carpineti, A. (2016, October 19). Astronomers Produce Detailed Map Of Hydrogen In The Milky Way. IFLScience. IFLScience. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from

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. (1971). Review of Selected Areas of Financial and Property Administration of Federal City College (No. B-167006). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Molina-Gutierrez, E. (2009). Keys to my home: A grant proposal project (Doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.

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

Saslow, L. (2007, February 25). New Life Is Sought for ‘American Venice.’ New York Times, p. LI2.

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	Wireless Networks
ISSN (print)	1022-0038
ISSN (online)	1572-8196
Scope	Computer Networks and Communications Information Systems Electrical and Electronic Engineering