How to format your references using the Designed Monomers and Polymers citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Designed Monomers and Polymers. 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

[1]

Ward MD. Materials science. Molecular fuel tanks. Science. 2003;300(5622):1104–1105.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Yeates TO, Beeby M. Biochemistry. Proteins in a small world. Science. 2006;314(5807):1882–1883.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Smith J, Van Dyken JD, Zee PC. A generalization of Hamilton’s rule for the evolution of microbial cooperation. Science. 2010;328(5986):1700–1703.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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Louie KB, Bowen BP, McAlhany S, et al. Mass spectrometry imaging for in situ kinetic histochemistry. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1656.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Rahman ROA, Rakhimov RZ, Rakhimova NR, et al. Cementitious Materials for Nuclear Waste Immobilization. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Sahu PK. Estimation and Inferential Statistics. 1st ed. 2015. Pal SR, Das AK, editors. New Delhi: Springer India; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Knauth S, Kaufmann L, Jost C, et al. The iLoc Ultrasound Indoor Localization System at the EvAAL 2011 Competition. In: Chessa S, Knauth S, editors. Evaluating AAL Systems Through Competitive Benchmarking Indoor Localization and Tracking: International Competition, EvAAL 2011, Competition in Valencia, Spain, July 25-29, 2011, and Final Workshop in Lecce, Italy, September 26, 2011 Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 52–64.

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 Designed Monomers and Polymers.

Blog post

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Andrew D. Testing Life-Hacks With ‘Citizen Science’: Does Stainless Steel Really Get Rid Of Garlic Smells? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/testing-lifehacks-with-citizen-science-does-stainless-steel-really-get-rid-of-garlic-smells/.

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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Strategic Bombers: B-2 Program Status and Current Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990. Report No.: NSIAD-90-120. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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Sewell A. A typology of sampling in hip-hop [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 2013.

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

[1]

Kishkovsky S. Back to America, Trailing His Legend. New York Times. 1999 Jan 10;29.

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	Designed Monomers and Polymers
Abbreviation	Des. Monomers Polym.
ISSN (online)	1568-5551
Scope	General Chemical Engineering General Chemistry Materials Chemistry Polymers and Plastics