How to format your references using the Journal of Thermal Spray Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Thermal Spray Technology. 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	Download the output style file
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

T. Mustelin, Immunology. Restless T Cells Sniff and Go, Science, 2006, 313(5795), p 1902–1903.

A journal article with 2 authors

S. Weyand and S. Iwata, Biochemistry. Old Gate Gets a New Look, Science, 2010, 329(5988), p 151–152.

A journal article with 3 authors

D.-H. Lee, K.-H. Kwon, and C.S. Yi, Selective Catalytic C-H Alkylation of Alkenes with Alcohols, Science, 2011, 333(6049), p 1613–1616.

A journal article with 31 or more authors

F. Langer, C.P. Schmid, S. Schlauderer, M. Gmitra, J. Fabian, P. Nagler, C. Schüller, T. Korn, P.G. Hawkins, J.T. Steiner, U. Huttner, S.W. Koch, M. Kira, and R. Huber, Lightwave Valleytronics in a Monolayer of Tungsten Diselenide, Nature, 2018, 557(7703), p 76–80.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

A.G. McDonald and H.L. Magande, “Introduction to Thermo-Fluids Systems Design,” (Chichester, UK), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2012.

An edited book

V. Nenajdenko, Ed., “Fluorine in Heterocyclic Chemistry Volume 1: 5-Membered Heterocycles and Macrocycles,” (Cham), Springer International Publishing, 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

A. Scaradavou, Maternal HLA Typing and Cord Blood Unit Choice, Umbilical Cord Blood Banking and Transplantation, K. Ballen, Ed., (Cham), Springer International Publishing, 2014, p 49–58.

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 Thermal Spray Technology.

Blog post

H. Bedell-Pearce, “Company Wants To Tow Icebergs, And Seemingly Penguins And Polar Bears Along With Them,” IFLScience, IFLScience, 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/company-wants-to-tow-icebergs-and-seemingly-penguins-and-polar-bears-along-with-them/. Accessed 30 October 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, “Technology Transfer: Copyright Law Constrains Commercialization of Some Federal Software,” (Washington, DC), U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

S.L. Spotts, “A Comparative Analysis of Missouri Elementary School Arts Curriculums,” ( St. Charles, MO), Lindenwood University, 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

M. Billard, “In the Running, Behind the Scenes,” New York Times, 2014, p E6.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Thermal Spray Technology
Abbreviation	J. Therm. Spray Technol.
ISSN (print)	1059-9630
ISSN (online)	1544-1016
Scope	Materials Chemistry Surfaces, Coatings and Films Condensed Matter Physics