How to format your references using the Chemical Geology citation style

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

Zeilinger, A., 2000. QUANTUM COMPUTING: Quantum Entangled Bits Step Closer to IT. Science 289, 405–406.

A journal article with 2 authors

Williams, L.E., Bargh, J.A., 2008. Experiencing physical warmth promotes interpersonal warmth. Science 322, 606–607.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wu, J., Zhang, C., Qiao, H., 2014. The significance of p40 expression in sclerosing hemangioma of lung. Sci. Rep. 4, 6102.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Bernet, M.L., Miniati, F., Lilly, S.J., Kronberg, P.P., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., 2008. Strong magnetic fields in normal galaxies at high redshift. Nature 454, 302–304.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pashley, R.M., Karaman, M.E., 2005. Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.

An edited book

Wilcock, N., 2016. Hartmut Elsenhans and a Critique of Capitalism: Conversations on Theory and Policy Implications. Palgrave Macmillan UK, London.

A chapter in an edited book

Satsu, H., Shimizu, M., 2006. Food factors that regulate intestinal inflammation: evaluation of the factors by using a coculture system, in: Iijima, S., Nishijima, K.-I. (Eds.), Animal Cell Technology: Basic & Applied Aspects. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp. 29–37.

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 Chemical Geology.

Blog post

Andrew, D., 2016. Why Were There So Many Dinosaur Species? [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 1980. A Look at NASA’s Aircraft Energy Efficiency Program (No. PSAD-80-50). U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hilton, L.C., 2015. Case study on organic farming as a sustainable solution for African-American farmers (Doctoral dissertation). University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ.

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

Surico, J., 2017. Officer’s Question Led to Fatal Shots, Prosecutor Says at Opening of Trial. New York Times A19.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Zeilinger, 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Williams and Bargh, 2008; Zeilinger, 2000).

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

Two authors: (Williams and Bargh, 2008)
Three or more authors: (Bernet et al., 2008)

About the journal

Full journal title	Chemical Geology
Abbreviation	Chem. Geol.
ISSN (print)	0009-2541
Scope	Geochemistry and Petrology Geology