How to format your references using the Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Guidance, Control, and Dynamics. 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]

Bürger, G., “Comment on ‘The Spatial Extent of 20th-Century Warmth in the Context of the Past 1200 Years,’” Science (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 316, No. 5833, 2007, pp. 1844; author reply 1844.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Odorizzi, P. M., and Wherry, E. J., “Immunology. An Interferon Paradox,” Science (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 340, No. 6129, 2013, pp. 155–156.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Platt, T., Fuentes-Yaco, C., and Frank, K. T., “Marine Ecology: Spring Algal Bloom and Larval Fish Survival,” Nature, Vol. 423, No. 6938, 2003, pp. 398–399.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

McMeniman, C. J., Lane, R. V., Cass, B. N., Fong, A. W. C., Sidhu, M., Wang, Y.-F., and O’Neill, S. L., “Stable Introduction of a Life-Shortening Wolbachia Infection into the Mosquito Aedes Aegypti,” Science (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 323, No. 5910, 2009, pp. 141–144.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Pashley, R. M., and Karaman, M. E., “Applied Colloid and Surface Chemistry,” John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK, 2005.

An edited book

[1]

Hernández Salmerón, M., “Convergence in Output and Its Sources Among Industrialised Countries: A Cross-Country Time-Series Perspective,” Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Kiang, T. K. L., Wilby, K. J., and Ensom, M. H. H., “Clinical Drug-Drug Interaction Data: Effects of Co-Administered Drugs on Pharmacokinetics of Antiretroviral Agents,” Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Drug Interactions Associated with Antiretroviral Drugs, edited by T. K. L. Kiang, K. J. Wilby, and M. H. H. Ensom, Springer, Singapore, 2016, pp. 43–78.

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 Guidance, Control, and Dynamics.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew, E., “Scientists Now Able to Track Individual Cells Throughout Embryonic Development,” IFLScience, IFLScience, Jul 23 2014. Retrieved 30 October 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-now-able-track-individual-cells-throughout-embryonic-development/

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, “Savings Possible by Buying Automatic Data Processing Equipment or by Leasing It From Commercial Leasing Firms,” B-114829, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, November 1970.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Mills, C. C., “Olfaction and Exhibition: Assessing the Impact of Scent in Museums on Exhibit Engagement, Learning and Empathy,” Doctoral dissertation. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, 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]

Sisario, B., “Green Day Is No. 1,” New York Times, Oct 17 2016, p. C2.

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 Guidance, Control, and Dynamics
Abbreviation	J. Guid. Control Dyn.
ISSN (print)	0731-5090
ISSN (online)	1533-3884
Scope	Space and Planetary Science Aerospace Engineering Control and Systems Engineering Electrical and Electronic Engineering Applied Mathematics