How to format your references using the International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology citation style

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

[1]

Giraldeau L-A. Psychology. When more is more. Science. 2011;334(6058):910–911.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Mahowald MW, Schenck CH. Insights from studying human sleep disorders. Nature. 2005;437(7063):1279–1285.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Schön JH, Kloc C, Batlogg B. Fractional quantum Hall effect in organic molecular semiconductors. Science. 2000;288(5475):2338–2340.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Besemer J, Harant H, Wang S, et al. Selective inhibition of cotranslational translocation of vascular cell adhesion molecule 1. Nature. 2005;436(7048):290–293.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

McLaughlin TA. Nonprofit Mergers and Alliances. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Ng W-K, Kitsuregawa M, Li J, et al., editors. Advances in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining: 10th Pacific-Asia Conference, PAKDD 2006, Singapore, April 9-12, 2006. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Kikuchi M, Azumi M. Low Frequency Collective Motions in Tokamak. In: Azumi M, editor. Frontiers in Fusion Research II: Introduction to Modern Tokamak Physics. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 115–156.

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 Mathematical Education in Science and Technology.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. Simple tree branch filter makes dirty water drinkable [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/simple-tree-branch-filter-makes-dirty-water-drinkable/.

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. FCC: Rules and Policies for Local Multipoint Distribution Service and for Fixed Satellite Services. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1998. Report No.: OGC-98-53. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Gaines M. Perceptions of knowledge sharing within hybrid learning environments: As iron sharpens iron among graduate students [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 2017.

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]

Vecsey G. The Ball at Their Feet, Their Fate in Their Hands. New York Times. 2011 Jul 12;B13.

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 Mathematical Education in Science and Technology
Abbreviation	Int. J. Math. Educ. Sci. Technol.
ISSN (print)	0020-739X
ISSN (online)	1464-5211
Scope	Mathematics (miscellaneous) Applied Mathematics Education