How to format your references using the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. 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]

May, T., “Isolation Is Not the Answer,” Nature, Vol. 429, No. 6992, 2004, p. 603.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Wang, J., and Genack, A. Z., “Transport through Modes in Random Media,” Nature, Vol. 471, No. 7338, 2011, pp. 345–348.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Manoharan, H. C., Lutz, C. P., and Eigler, D. M., “Quantum Mirages Formed by Coherent Projection of Electronic Structure,” Nature, Vol. 403, No. 6769, 2000, pp. 512–515.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Drescher, M., Hentschel, M., Kienberger, R., Tempea, G., Spielmann, C., Reider, G. A., Corkum, P. B., and Krausz, F., “X-Ray Pulses Approaching the Attosecond Frontier,” Science (New York, N.Y.), Vol. 291, No. 5510, 2001, pp. 1923–1927.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Dos Santos, E. C., Jr, and Cabral da Silva, E. R., “ADVANCED POWER ELECTRONICS CONVERTERS,” John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ, 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Fernando, H. J. S., Klaić, Z., and McCulley, J. L., Eds., “National Security and Human Health Implications of Climate Change,” Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Schumann, R. G., and Gandorfer, A., “Pathophysiology of Vitreo-Macular Interface,” Diseases of the Vitreo-Macular Interface, edited by A. Girach and M. D. de Smet, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2014, pp. 43–53.

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 Spacecraft and Rockets.

Blog post

[1]

Davis, J., “France To Ban Breeding Of Captive Orcas And Dolphins,” IFLScience, IFLScience, May 08 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/france-to-ban-breeding-of-captive-orcas-and-dolphins/

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, “Rail Security: Some Actions Taken to Enhance Passenger and Freight Rail Security, but Significant Challenges Remain,” GAO-04-598T, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, March 2004.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Younis, K. M., “The Impact of Moral Values on Ethical Practices in Environmental Management,” Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ, 2013.

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]

Eggers, D., “Chimanada Ngozi Adichie,” New York Times, Oct 16 2017, p. M2156.

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 Spacecraft and Rockets
Abbreviation	J. Spacecr. Rockets
ISSN (print)	0022-4650
ISSN (online)	1533-6794
Scope	Space and Planetary Science Aerospace Engineering