How to format your references using the Journal of Climate citation style

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

Shimono, M., 2013: Non-uniformity of cell density and networks in the monkey brain. Sci. Rep., 3, 2541.

A journal article with 2 authors

Im, S. H., and P. H. Taghert, 2011: Neuroscience. A CRY to rise. Science, 331, 1394–1395.

A journal article with 3 authors

Shah, A. K., S. Mullainathan, and E. Shafir, 2012: Some consequences of having too little. Science, 338, 682–685.

A journal article with 9 or more authors

Esnault, C., O. Heidmann, F. Delebecque, M. Dewannieux, D. Ribet, A. J. Hance, T. Heidmann, and O. Schwartz, 2005: APOBEC3G cytidine deaminase inhibits retrotransposition of endogenous retroviruses. Nature, 433, 430–433.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

van Gumster, J., and R. Shimonski, 2010: GIMP Bible. Wiley Publishing, Inc.

An edited book

Kraemer, F. A., and P. Herrmann, eds., 2011: System Analysis and Modeling: About Models: 6th International Workshop, SAM 2010, Oslo, Norway, October 4-5, 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Springer X, 257 p. 115 illus., 58 illus. in colorp.

A chapter in an edited book

Bouzidane, A., and M. Thomas, 2012: Non Linear Transient Response of a Flexible Shaft Controlled by Electro-rheological Hydrostatic Squeeze Film Dampers. Condition Monitoring of Machinery in Non-Stationary Operations: Proceedings of the Second International Conference ‘Condition Monitoring of Machinery in Non-Stationnary Operations’ CMMNO’2012, T. Fakhfakh, W. Bartelmus, F. Chaari, R. Zimroz, and M. Haddar, Eds., Springer, 33–40.

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 Climate.

Blog post

Luntz, S., 2014: Methane Hunting Tool Could Boost The Search For Extraterrestrials. IFLScience. Accessed 30 October 2018, https://www.iflscience.com/space/methane-hunting-tool-could-boost-search-extraterrestrials/.

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, 1989: Vocational Education: Opportunity to Prepare for the Future. U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Tofthagen, C. S., 2008: Development and psychometric evaluation of the Chemotherapy Induced Peripheral Neuropathy Assessment Tool. University of South Florida.

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

Cooper, M., and M. W. Walsh, 2013: Surpluses Help, But Fiscal Woes For States Go On. New York Times, June 1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Shimono 2013).
This sentence cites two references (Shimono 2013; Im and Taghert 2011).

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

Two authors: (Im and Taghert 2011)
Three or more authors: (Esnault et al. 2005)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Climate
Abbreviation	J. Clim.
ISSN (print)	0894-8755
ISSN (online)	1520-0442
Scope	Atmospheric Science