How to format your references using the International Journal of Data Science and Analytics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Data Science and Analytics. 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

Hastings, M.H.: Physiology. A looser clock to cure jet lag. Science. 342, 52–53 (2013)

A journal article with 2 authors

Slabbekoorn, H., Peet, M.: Ecology: Birds sing at a higher pitch in urban noise. Nature. 424, 267 (2003)

A journal article with 3 authors

Nava, E., Steiger, T., Röder, B.: Both developmental and adult vision shape body representations. Sci. Rep. 4, 6622 (2014)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Nakayama, H., Shiraki, A., Hirayama, R., Masuda, N., Shimobaba, T., Ito, T.: Three-dimensional volume containing multiple two-dimensional information patterns. Sci. Rep. 3, 1931 (2013)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ahmad, A.: Wireless and Mobile Data Networks. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (2005)

An edited book

Yeh, C.: The Essence of Dielectric Waveguides. Springer US, Boston, MA (2008)

A chapter in an edited book

Sun, Y., Nishida, T., Thompson, S.E.: Band Structures of Strained Semiconductors. In: Thompson, S.E. and Nishida, T. (eds.) Strain Effect in Semiconductors: Theory and Device Applications. pp. 51–135. Springer US, Boston, MA (2010)

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 Data Science and Analytics.

Blog post

Luntz, S.: Pores On The “Platypus Of Microbiology” May Reveal How Complex Life Evolved, https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/pores-on-the-platypus-of-microbiology-may-reveal-how-complex-life-evolved/

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: Truck Safety: Need to Better Ensure Correction of Serious Inspection Violations. 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

Than, K.: The impact of companion pets on the well-being of older adults, (2015)

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

Eggers, D.: Chimanada Ngozi Adichie, (2017)

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	International Journal of Data Science and Analytics
Abbreviation	Int. J. Data Sci. Anal.
ISSN (print)	2364-415X
ISSN (online)	2364-4168
Scope