How to format your references using the European Journal of Operational Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Operational Research. 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

Cohen, J. (2014). Strategies against HIV/AIDS. Australia shows its neighbors how to stem an epidemic. Introduction. Science (New York, N.Y.), 345(6193), 152–155.

A journal article with 2 authors

Vabulas, R. M., & Hartl, F. U. (2005). Protein synthesis upon acute nutrient restriction relies on proteasome function. Science (New York, N.Y.), 310(5756), 1960–1963.

A journal article with 3 authors

Peumans, P., Uchida, S., & Forrest, S. R. (2003). Efficient bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells using small-molecular-weight organic thin films. Nature, 425(6954), 158–162.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Yen, T. J., Padilla, W. J., Fang, N., Vier, D. C., Smith, D. R., Pendry, J. B., Basov, D. N., & Zhang, X. (2004). Terahertz magnetic response from artificial materials. Science (New York, N.Y.), 303(5663), 1494–1496.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Held, T. (2014). In-situ-Verfahren zur Boden- und Grundwassersanierung. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

Ohama, Y., & Van Gemert, D. (Eds.). (2011). Applications of Titanium Dioxide Photocatalysis to Construction Materials: State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 194-TDP (Vol. 5). Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Panakhyo, M., & Jacobi, K. (2016). Limited Circumstances: Creating a Better Understanding of Prehistoric Peoples Through the Reanalysis of Collections of Commingled Human Remains. In A. J. Osterholtz (Ed.), Theoretical Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Commingled Human Remains (pp. 75–96). Springer International Publishing.

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 European Journal of Operational Research.

Blog post

Carpineti, A. (2017, May 4). New Evidence Suggests The Amazon Had A Sea-Like Past. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/new-evidence-suggests-the-amazon-had-a-sealike-past/

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. (2005). Telecommunications: Strong Support for Extending FCC’s Auction Authority Exists, but Little Agreement on Other Options to Improve Efficient Use of Spectrum (GAO-06-236). 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

Carolina, D. S. (2009). A qualitative study of the healthcare experiences and health information acquisition of African American men [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Phoenix.

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

Koblin, J., & Grynbaum, M. M. (2016, October 9). How NBC Was Scooped on Its Own ‘Access Hollywood’ Trump Video. New York Times, B3.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Cohen, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Cohen, 2014; Vabulas & Hartl, 2005).

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

Two authors: (Vabulas & Hartl, 2005)
Three or more authors: (Yen et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	European Journal of Operational Research
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Oper. Res.
ISSN (print)	0377-2217
Scope	Information Systems and Management Management Science and Operations Research Modelling and Simulation