How to format your references using the Inorganics citation style

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

Bloch, I. Quantum Coherence and Entanglement with Ultracold Atoms in Optical Lattices. Nature 2008, 453, 1016–1022.

A journal article with 2 authors

Berger, A.; Loutre, M.F. Climate. An Exceptionally Long Interglacial Ahead? Science 2002, 297, 1287–1288.

A journal article with 3 authors

Burlaga, L.F.; Ness, N.F.; Stone, E.C. Magnetic Field Observations as Voyager 1 Entered the Heliosheath Depletion Region. Science 2013, 341, 147–150.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Kiefer, W.; Löw, R.; Wrachtrup, J.; Gerhardt, I. Na-Faraday Rotation Filtering: The Optimal Point. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 6552.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Alexandridis, A.K.; Zapranis, A.D. Wavelet Neural Networks; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2014; ISBN 9781118596272.

An edited book

Delivery and Mixing in the Subsurface: Processes and Design Principles for In Situ Remediation; Kitanidis, P.K., McCarty, P.L., Eds.; SERDP ESTCP Environmental Remediation Technology; Springer: New York, NY, 2012; Vol. 4; ISBN 9781461422389.

A chapter in an edited book

Carlier, M.-F.; Helfer, E.; Wade, R.; Haraux, F. Living Nanomachines. In Nanoscience: Nanobiotechnology and Nanobiology; Boisseau, P., Houdy, P., Lahmani, M., Eds.; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2009; pp. 171–222 ISBN 9783540886327.

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 Inorganics.

Blog post

Andrew, E. The 2015 Flu Vaccine – What’s New, Who Should Get It And Why Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/2015-flu-vaccine-what-s-new-who-should-get-it-and-why/ (accessed on 30 October 2018).

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 Air Traffic Control: Continuing Delays Anticipated for the Advanced Automation System; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1990;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Forshey, T.M. Neural Basis of the Neurological Diagnostic Power of Vibrotactile Sensory Testing. Doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina: Chapel Hill, NC, 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

Kenigsberg, B. Film Series. New York Times 2017, C32.

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	Inorganics
Abbreviation	Inorganics
ISSN (online)	2304-6740
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