How to format your references using the Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics citation style

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

Byrne, N. 2004. “Future outlook.” Nature, 429 (6991 Suppl): 25.

A journal article with 2 authors

Deplancke, B., and K. J. Verstrepen. 2012. “Genetics. Variable outcome of mutations.” Science (New York, N.Y.), 335 (6064): 44–45.

A journal article with 3 authors

Shalm, L. K., R. B. A. Adamson, and A. M. Steinberg. 2009. “Squeezing and over-squeezing of triphotons.” Nature, 457 (7225): 67–70.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Pebay-Peyroula, E., C. Dahout-Gonzalez, R. Kahn, V. Trézéguet, G. J.-M. Lauquin, and G. Brandolin. 2003. “Structure of mitochondrial ADP/ATP carrier in complex with carboxyatractyloside.” Nature, 426 (6962): 39–44.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bagdonavičius, V., K. Julius, and M. S. Nikulin. 2011. Non-parametric Tests for Complete Data. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Rajasekar, S. 2016. Nonlinear Resonances. Springer Series in Synergetics. Edited by M. A. F. Sanjuan. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Thrun, S. 2006. “Winning the DARPA Grand Challenge.” Knowledge Discovery in Databases: PKDD 2006: 10th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases Berlin, Germany, September 18-22, 2006 Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, edited by J. Fürnkranz, T. Scheffer, and M. Spiliopoulou, 4–4. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

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 Nanomechanics and Micromechanics.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2015. “Scientists Grow Hair Using Stem Cells.” IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-grow-hair-using-stem-cells/.

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. 2002. Surface and Maritime Transportation: Developing Strategies for Enhancing Mobility: A National Challenge. 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

Kingsley, S. J. 2012. “Preschool teachers’ perceptions of factors influencing their referral decisions for young children with severe behavior problems.” Doctoral dissertation, University of North Carolina.

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

Pareles, J., B. Ratliff, J. Caramanica, N. Chinen, S. Holden, J. Coscarelli, and C. Ganz. 2016. “New Chapters From Our Pop Dreams.” New York Times, September 18, 2016.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Byrne 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Byrne 2004; Deplancke and Verstrepen 2012).

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

Two authors: (Deplancke and Verstrepen 2012)
Three or more authors: (Pebay-Peyroula et al. 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Nanomechanics and Micromechanics
Abbreviation	J. Nanomech. Micromech.
ISSN (print)	2153-5434
ISSN (online)	2153-5477
Scope	Mechanical Engineering