How to format your references using the International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation. 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

Lam, L., 2015. From physics to revolution and back. Science 348, 1170.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kress, T.L., Guthrie, C., 2006. Molecular biology. Accurate RNA siting and splicing gets help from a DEK-hand. Science 312, 1886–1887.

A journal article with 3 authors

Shubin, N.H., Daeschler, E.B., Jenkins, F.A., Jr, 2006. The pectoral fin of Tiktaalik roseae and the origin of the tetrapod limb. Nature 440, 764–771.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Huang, J.Y., Chen, S., Wang, Z.Q., Kempa, K., Wang, Y.M., Jo, S.H., Chen, G., Dresselhaus, M.S., Ren, Z.F., 2006. Superplastic carbon nanotubes. Nature 439, 281.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rebonato, R., 2004. Volatility and Correlation. John Wiley & Sons Ltd, Oxford, UK.

An edited book

Simms, C., 2009. Pedestrian and Cyclist Impact: A Biomechanical Perspective, Solid Mechanics and Its Applications. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht.

A chapter in an edited book

Brunner, D., Voigt, T., 2008. Innovation Processes in Cooperative Organizations: Results of a Case Study Research, in: Hendrikse, G., Tuunanen, M., Windsperger, J., Cliquet, G. (Eds.), Strategy and Governance of Networks: Cooperatives, Franchising, and Strategic Alliances, Contributions to Management Science. Physica-Verlag HD, Heidelberg, pp. 47–62.

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 International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2015. Hummingbird Tongues Are Tiny Pumps That Spring Open To Draw In Nectar [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/hummingbird-tongues-are-tiny-pumps-spring-open-draw-nectar/ (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, 1991. Farmers Home Administration: Half-Billion Dollar ADP Modernization Lacks Adequate Planning and Oversight (No. T-IMTEC-92-2). 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

HaMai, T., 2014. The “other” women: What about the experiences of women faculty of color in community colleges? (Doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.

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

Etheredge, P. by G., 2016. The High Line. New York Times RE9.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Lam, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Kress and Guthrie, 2006; Lam, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Kress and Guthrie, 2006)
Three or more authors: (Huang et al., 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Journal of Applied Earth Observations and Geoinformation
ISSN (print)	0303-2434
Scope	Computers in Earth Sciences Earth-Surface Processes Global and Planetary Change Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law