How to format your references using the ACS Applied Nano Materials citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for ACS Applied Nano Materials. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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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Amos, L. A. Biochemistry. Pressing Levers or Pulling Strings? Science 2008, 322 (5908), 1647–1648.

A journal article with 2 authors

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Bers, D. M.; Harris, S. P. Translational Medicine: To the Rescue of the Failing Heart. Nature 2011, 473 (7345), 36–39.

A journal article with 3 authors

(1)

Dragoi, V.; Rivadulla, C.; Sur, M. Foci of Orientation Plasticity in Visual Cortex. Nature 2001, 411 (6833), 80–86.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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Fischer, T. P.; Hilton, D. R.; Zimmer, M. M.; Shaw, A. M.; Sharp, Z. D.; Walker, J. A. Subduction and Recycling of Nitrogen along the Central American Margin. Science 2002, 297 (5584), 1154–1157.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

(1)

Benslama, M.; Batatia, H.; Messai, A. Transitions from Digital Communications to Quantum Communications; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2016.

An edited book

(1)

Li, S. Beginning J2ME: From Novice to Professional, Third Edition.; Knudsen, J., Ed.; Apress: Berkeley, CA, 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

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Rusiñol, M.; Lladós, J. Symbol Spotting Through Prototype-Based Search. In Symbol Spotting in Digital Libraries: Focused Retrieval over Graphic-rich Document Collections; Lladós, J., Ed.; Springer: London, 2010; pp 89–111.

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 ACS Applied Nano Materials.

Blog post

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Hale, T. Girls Are Put Off Science Because STEM Toys Are Branded As Boy’s Toys, Research Says. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/girls-are-put-off-science-because-stem-toys-are-branded-as-boys-toys-research-says/ (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. [Response to Request for Views on Application of P.L. 99-177 to Teacher Loan Cancellations]; B-221498.20; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1986.

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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Cordova, M. The Impact of a Teacher Training Program on Student Engagement. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, 2009.

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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Chira, S. Cosby Is the Man on Trial. But So Are Power Dynamics. New York Times. June 8, 2017, p C1.

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	ACS Applied Nano Materials
Abbreviation	ACS Appl. Energy Mater.
ISSN (online)	2574-0962
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