How to format your references using the Communications in Mathematical Physics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Communications in Mathematical Physics. 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

Shih, W.M.: Materials Science. Exploiting weak interactions in DNA self-assembly. Science. 347, 1417–1418 (2015)

A journal article with 2 authors

Huard, B., Karlsson, L.: KIR expression on self-reactive CD8+ T cells is controlled by T-cell receptor engagement. Nature. 403, 325–328 (2000)

A journal article with 3 authors

Efremov, R.G., Baradaran, R., Sazanov, L.A.: The architecture of respiratory complex I. Nature. 465, 441–445 (2010)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Fairén, A.G., Fernández-Remolar, D., Dohm, J.M., Baker, V.R., Amils, R.: Inhibition of carbonate synthesis in acidic oceans on early Mars. Nature. 431, 423–426 (2004)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Morris, M.: Concise Dictionary of Social and Cultural Anthropology. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK (2011)

An edited book

Fernandes, A.A.A., Gray, A.J.G., Belhajjame, K. eds: Advances in Databases: 28th British National Conference on Databases, BNCOD 28, Manchester, UK, July 12-14, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg (2011)

A chapter in an edited book

Pratt, L.J., Whitehead, J.A.: Coastal Applications. In: Whitehead, J.A. (ed.) Rotating Hydraulics: Nonlinear Topographic Effects in the Ocean and Atmosphere. pp. 369–414. Springer, New York, NY (2007)

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 Communications in Mathematical Physics.

Blog post

Hale, T.: Cockroach Milk Could Make A Nutritious Meal In The Future, https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/cockroach-milk-could-make-a-nutritious-meal-in-the-future/

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: Next Generation Air Transportation System: Information on Expenditures, Schedule, and Cost Estimates, Fiscal Years 2004 -- 2030. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2016)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hebel, O.: Parental involvement in the individual educational program for Israeli students with disabilities, (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

Walsh, M.W.: Puerto Rico Revises Plan to Reduce Debt as Optimism Dwindles, (2016)

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Communications in Mathematical Physics
Abbreviation	Commun. Math. Phys.
ISSN (print)	0010-3616
ISSN (online)	1432-0916
Scope	Mathematical Physics Statistical and Nonlinear Physics