How to format your references using the Journal of Nondestructive Evaluation citation style

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

Makous, W.: Comment on “Emergence of novel color vision in mice engineered to express a human cone photopigment.” Science. 318, 196; author reply 196 (2007)

A journal article with 2 authors

Fromherz, P., Voelker, M.: Comment on “Detection, stimulation, and inhibition of neuronal signals with high-density nanowire transistor arrays.” Science. 323, 1429; author reply 1429 (2009)

A journal article with 3 authors

Percec, V., Ungar, G., Peterca, M.: Chemistry. Self-assembly in action. Science. 313, 55–56 (2006)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Gigan, S., Böhm, H.R., Paternostro, M., Blaser, F., Langer, G., Hertzberg, J.B., Schwab, K.C., Bäuerle, D., Aspelmeyer, M., Zeilinger, A.: Self-cooling of a micromirror by radiation pressure. Nature. 444, 67–70 (2006)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Barbosa, P., Berry, D.L., Kary, C.S.: Insect Histology. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK (2014)

An edited book

Vadász, P. ed: Emerging Topics in Heat and Mass Transfer in Porous Media: From Bioengineering and Microelectronics to Nanotechnology. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht (2008)

A chapter in an edited book

Keteyian, S.J., Schairer, J.R.: Exercise Training and Prescription. In: Lawless, C.E. (ed.) Sports Cardiology Essentials: Evaluation, Management and Case Studies. pp. 63–84. Springer, New York, NY (2011)

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 Nondestructive Evaluation.

Blog post

Carpineti, A.: Astronomers Spot Mysterious System 1600 Light-Years Away

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: Federal-Aid Highways: Increased Reliance on Contractors Can Pose Oversight Challenges for Federal and State Officials. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (2008)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lopez, V.: The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978: A policy analysis, (2015)

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

Billard, M.: Saves Those Stripes, Grab Some Scarves, (2010)

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 Nondestructive Evaluation
Abbreviation	J. Nondestruct. Eval.
ISSN (print)	0195-9298
ISSN (online)	1573-4862
Scope	Mechanical Engineering Mechanics of Materials