How to format your references using the ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering. 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

Caplan, A. 2004. “Bioethics. Is biomedical research too dangerous to pursue?” Science (New York, N.Y.), 303 (5661): 1142.

A journal article with 2 authors

Brookmeyer, R., and N. Blades. 2002. “Prevention of inhalational anthrax in the U.S. outbreak.” Science (New York, N.Y.), 295 (5561): 1861.

A journal article with 3 authors

Roche, D., D. Paillard, and E. Cortijo. 2004. “Constraints on the duration and freshwater release of Heinrich event 4 through isotope modelling.” Nature, 432 (7015): 379–382.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Fujiwara, T., M. Bandi, M. Nitta, E. V. Ivanova, R. T. Bronson, and D. Pellman. 2005. “Cytokinesis failure generating tetraploids promotes tumorigenesis in p53-null cells.” Nature, 437 (7061): 1043–1047.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Zarowski, C. J. 2004. An Introduction to Numerical Analysis for Electrical and Computer Engineers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Naimzada, A. K., S. Stefani, and A. Torriero, eds. 2009. Networks, Topology and Dynamics: Theory and Applications to Economics and Social Systems. Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Taylor, L. D. 2010. “Description of Data Used from the Ongoing BLS Consumer Expenditure Surveys.” Consumer Demand in the United States: Prices, Income, and Consumption Behavior, edited by H. S. Houthakker, 79–88. New York, NY: Springer.

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 ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2014. “Brain Training Can Teach Synesthesia-Like Perception.” IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/brain-training-can-teach-synesthesia-perception/.

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. 1984. Delays and Increased Cost Result From the Zilwaukee, Michigan, Bridge Project Mishap. 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

Rabalais, M. E. 2014. “STEAM: A National Study of the Integration of the Arts Into STEM Instruction and its Impact on Student Achievement.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana.

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

Feeney, K. 2009. “If It’s on a Bun, It’s a Burger.” New York Times, October 11, 2009.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Caplan 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Brookmeyer and Blades 2002; Caplan 2004).

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

Two authors: (Brookmeyer and Blades 2002)
Three or more authors: (Fujiwara et al. 2005)

About the journal

Full journal title	ASCE-ASME Journal of Risk and Uncertainty in Engineering Systems, Part A: Civil Engineering
Abbreviation	ASCE ASME J. Risk Uncertain. Eng. Syst. A Civ. Eng.
ISSN (online)	2376-7642
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