How to format your references using the Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics. 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

Heine, V., V.: Crystal structure. As weird as they come. Nature. 403, 836–837 (2000)

A journal article with 2 authors

Voss, D., Coontz, R.: Cosmic web. Warp and woof. Introduction to special issue. Science. 319, 46 (2008)

A journal article with 3 authors

Krishnan, M., Ugaz, V.M., Burns, M.A.: PCR in a Rayleigh-Bénard convection cell. Science. 298, 793 (2002)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Qiao, Y., Molina, H., Pandey, A., Zhang, J., Cole, P.A.: Chemical rescue of a mutant enzyme in living cells. Science. 311, 1293–1297 (2006)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Wang, L., Tan, K.C.: Modern Industrial Automation Software Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (2005)

An edited book

Cleland, I., Guerrero, L., Bravo, J. eds: Ambient Assisted Living. ICT-based Solutions in Real Life Situations: 7th International Work-Conference, IWAAL 2015, Puerto Varas, Chile, December 1-4, 2015, Proceedings. Springer International Publishing, Cham (2015)

A chapter in an edited book

Hirsch, F., Profeta, C., Roynette, B., Yor, M.: The Sato Process Method. In: Profeta, C., Roynette, B., and Yor, M. (eds.) Peacocks and Associated Martingales, with Explicit Constructions. pp. 181–221. Springer, Milano (2011)

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 Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics.

Blog post

Andrews, R.: Elon Musk Will Quit White House Advisor Role If America Leaves Paris Agreement, https://www.iflscience.com/environment/elon-musk-quit-white-house-advisor-role-america-leaves-paris/

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: Nonfederal Student Loans. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1992)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Jahan, M.: A policy to protect hoarders: An analysis of Fair Housing Amendments Act, 1988, (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

Markoff, J.: Exploring the Sea, No Sailors Needed, (2016)

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	Journal of Algebraic Combinatorics
Abbreviation	J. Algebraic Combin.
ISSN (print)	0925-9899
ISSN (online)	1572-9192
Scope	Algebra and Number Theory Discrete Mathematics and Combinatorics