How to format your references using the Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering citation style

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

Caplan, A. 2011. “Genome-sequencing anniversary. What will drive genomics over the next 10 years?” Science (New York, N.Y.), 331 (6018): 691.

A journal article with 2 authors

Liu, C. C., and A. P. Arkin. 2010. “Cell biology. The case for RNA.” Science (New York, N.Y.), 330 (6008): 1185–1186.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lohse, D., B. Schmitz, and M. Versluis. 2001. “Snapping shrimp make flashing bubbles.” Nature, 413 (6855): 477–478.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Kurakawa, T., N. Ueda, M. Maekawa, K. Kobayashi, M. Kojima, Y. Nagato, H. Sakakibara, and J. Kyozuka. 2007. “Direct control of shoot meristem activity by a cytokinin-activating enzyme.” Nature, 445 (7128): 652–655.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Agung, I. G. N. 2011. Cross Section and Experimental Data Analysis Using Eviews. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd.

An edited book

Krishnan, J. M., A. P. Deshpande, and P. B. S. Kumar, eds. 2010. Rheology of Complex Fluids. New York, NY: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Rai, R. K., A. Upadhyay, C. S. P. Ojha, and V. P. Singh. 2012. “Pattern Changes in Climatic Variables.” The Yamuna River Basin: Water Resources and Environment, Water Science and Technology Library, edited by A. Upadhyay, C. S. P. Ojha, and V. P. Singh, 61–106. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

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 Computing in Civil Engineering.

Blog post

Hamilton, K. 2016. “Young Girl Has Tapeworm Cyst Half The Size Of Her Brain Removed.” IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/young-girl-has-tapeworm-cyst-half-the-size-of-her-brain-removed/.

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. 1977. S. 1490, a Bill To Authorize the Administrator of General Services To Enter Into Multiyear Leases Through Use of the Automatic Data Processing Fund Without Obligating the Total Anticipated Payments To Be Made Under Such Leases. Washington, DC: 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

Yi, M. 2015. “Interrater reliability between novice and expert functional movement screen raters.” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach.

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

Vecsey, G. 2010. “Three Derby Trainers, Each One of a Kind.” New York Times, April 30, 2010.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Caplan 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Caplan 2011; Liu and Arkin 2010).

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

Two authors: (Liu and Arkin 2010)
Three or more authors: (Kurakawa et al. 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Comput. Civ. Eng.
ISSN (print)	0887-3801
ISSN (online)	1943-5487
Scope	Computer Science Applications Civil and Structural Engineering