How to format your references using the Advances in Science and Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Advances in Science and Research. 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 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

Owens, B.: Cell physiology: The changing colour of fat, Nature, 508, S52-3, 2014.

A journal article with 2 authors

Khudiyev, T. and Bayindir, M.: Superenhancers: novel opportunities for nanowire optoelectronics, Sci. Rep., 4, 7505, 2014.

A journal article with 3 authors

Melton, C., Judson, R. L., and Blelloch, R.: Opposing microRNA families regulate self-renewal in mouse embryonic stem cells, Nature, 463, 621–626, 2010.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Wu, H., Li, H., Kwok, R. T. K., Zhao, E., Sun, J. Z., Qin, A., and Tang, B. Z.: A recyclable and reusable supported Cu(I) catalyzed azide-alkyne click polymerization, Sci. Rep., 4, 5107, 2014.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Diamond, D.: Trading as a Business, John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ, 2015.

An edited book

Miftahof, R. N.: Biomechanics of the Human Urinary Bladder, edited by: Nam, H. G., Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, XXI, 177 p. 43 illus., 10 illus. in color p., 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Chari, S. N., Diluoffo, V. V., Karger, P. A., Palmer, E. R., Rabin, T., Rao, J. R., Rohotgi, P., Scherzer, H., Steiner, M., and Toll, D. C.: Designing a Side Channel Resistant Random Number Generator, in: Smart Card Research and Advanced Application: 9th IFIP WG 8.8/11.2 International Conference, CARDIS 2010, Passau, Germany, April 14-16, 2010. Proceedings, edited by: Gollmann, D., Lanet, J.-L., and Iguchi-Cartigny, J., Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 49–64, 2010.

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 Advances in Science and Research.

Blog post

Taub, B.: Physical Inactivity Is Just As Bad As Genetic Predisposition When It Comes To Developing Dementia, https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/physical-inactivity-just-bad-genetic-predisposition-when-comes-developing-dementia/, last access: 30 October 2018, 2017., 2017.

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: Information Technology: Agriculture Needs to Strengthen Management Practices for Stabilizing and Modernizing Its Farm Program Delivery Systems, GAO-08-657, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Sommer, A.: How Experiences Influence and Inform School Principals’ Actions to Further Develop Teachers’ Instructional Practice, Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 2017.

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

Murphy, M. J. O.: A Game That Turned Nixon Into a Factoid, , New York Times6th JuneWK2, 2010.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Owens, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Khudiyev and Bayindir, 2014; Owens, 2014).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Khudiyev and Bayindir, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Wu et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Advances in Science and Research
Abbreviation	Adv. Sci. Res.
ISSN (print)	1992-0628
ISSN (online)	1992-0636
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