How to format your references using the Journal of Engineering Mathematics citation style

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

Capone DG (2006) Microbiology. Ramping up the heat on nitrogenase. Science 314:1691–1692

A journal article with 2 authors

Shepherd A, Wingham D (2007) Recent sea-level contributions of the Antarctic and Greenland ice sheets. Science 315:1529–1532

A journal article with 3 authors

Papp B, Pál C, Hurst LD (2004) Metabolic network analysis of the causes and evolution of enzyme dispensability in yeast. Nature 429:661–664

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Yoshimura M, Ono M, Watanabe H, et al (2014) Feasibility of amylin imaging in pancreatic islets with β-amyloid imaging probes. Sci Rep 4:6155

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Safonov VO (2016) Trustworthy Cloud Computing. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Chhatwal GS (2013) Host-Pathogen Interactions in Streptococcal Diseases. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Papamichos E, Papanicolopulos S-A, Larsen I (2006) Mechanical Behaviour and Properties. In: Kourkoulis SK (ed) Fracture and Failure of Natural Building Stones: Applications in the Restoration of Ancient Monuments. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 71–92

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 Engineering Mathematics.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015) Paralyzed Woman Flew A Fighter Jet Simulator Using Her Thoughts. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/paralyzed-woman-flew-fighter-jet-simulator-using-her-thoughts/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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 (1988) Degradable Plastics: Standards, Research and Development. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Munchel BF (2015) Exploratory Study of Counseling Professionals’ Attitudes Toward Distance Clinical Supervision. Doctoral dissertation, 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

Ortved J (2016) Bottoms Up: It’s Her Brand. New York Times D7

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 Engineering Mathematics
Abbreviation	J. Eng. Math.
ISSN (print)	0022-0833
ISSN (online)	1573-2703
Scope	General Engineering General Mathematics