How to format your references using the Atmospheric Measurement Techniques citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Atmospheric Measurement Techniques. 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

Bassham, D. C.: Plant biology: Pigments on the move, Nature, 526, 644–645, 2015.

A journal article with 2 authors

Abrahamsen, H. and Stenmark, H.: Cell biology. Growth signaling from inside, Science, 334, 611–612, 2011.

A journal article with 3 authors

Nielsen, H., Westhof, E., and Johansen, S.: An mRNA is capped by a 2’, 5’ lariat catalyzed by a group I-like ribozyme, Science, 309, 1584–1587, 2005.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Zhang, J. Z., Mordy, C. W., Gordon, L. I., Ross, A., Garcia, H. E., Pahlow, M., and Riebesell, U.: Temporal trends in deep ocean redfield ratios, Science, 289, 1839a, 2000.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Grist, F.: Basic Guide to Orthodontic Dental Nursing, Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK, 2010.

An edited book

Meersman, R., Tari, Z., and Herrero, P. (Eds.): On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2007: OTM 2007 Workshops: OTM Confederated International Workshops and Posters, AWeSOMe, CAMS, OTM Academy Doctoral Consortium, MONET, OnToContent, ORM, PerSys, PPN, RDDS, SSWS, and SWWS 2007, Vilamoura, Portugal, November 25-30, 2007, Proceedings, Part II, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, XXVII, 610 p p., 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

Milne, R. and Badger, S.: Care and Responsibility in Building Futures for Alzheimer’s Disease Research, in: Emerging Technologies for Diagnosing Alzheimer’s Disease: Innovating with Care, edited by: Boenink, M., van Lente, H., and Moors, E., Palgrave Macmillan UK, London, 83–99, 2016.

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 Atmospheric Measurement Techniques.

Blog post

Andrew, E.: How Flossing Gave This Woman A Knee Infection, https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/how-flossing-gave-woman-knee-infection/, last access: 30 October 2018, 2015., 2015.

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: Commercial Space Launches: FAA Needs Continued Planning and Monitoring to Oversee the Safety of the Emerging Space Tourism Industry, GAO-07-16, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Thompson, P.: An exploratory study of work-related imagined interactions with real-life coworkers, Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA, 2012.

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

Bittman, M.: Feast in a Day, , New York Times14th DecemberMM38, 2012.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Bassham, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Abrahamsen and Stenmark, 2011; Bassham, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Abrahamsen and Stenmark, 2011)
Three or more authors: (Zhang et al., 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Abbreviation	Atmos. Meas. Tech.
ISSN (print)	1867-1381
ISSN (online)	1867-8548
Scope	Atmospheric Science