How to format your references using the Journal of Universal Computer Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Universal Computer Science. 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

[Jan, 2015] Jan, E.: ‘Molecular biology: signals across domains of life’; Nature, 519, 7541 (2015), 40–41.

A journal article with 2 authors

[Ueba and Wolf, 2005] Ueba, H., Wolf, M.: ‘Chemistry. Lateral hopping requires molecular rocking’; Science (New York, N.Y.), 310, 5755 (2005), 1774–1775.

A journal article with 3 authors

[Ooi et al., 2001] Ooi, S. L., Shoemaker, D. D., Boeke, J. D.: ‘A DNA microarray-based genetic screen for nonhomologous end-joining mutants in Saccharomyces cerevisiae’; Science (New York, N.Y.), 294, 5551 (2001), 2552–2556.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

[Dobbek et al., 2001] Dobbek, H., Svetlitchnyi, V., Gremer, L., Huber, R., Meyer, O.: ‘Crystal structure of a carbon monoxide dehydrogenase reveals a [Ni-4Fe-5S] cluster’; Science (New York, N.Y.), 293, 5533 (2001), 1281–1285.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[Breitmaier, 2005] Breitmaier, E.: ‘Vom NMR-Spektrum zur Strukturformel organischer Verbindungen’; Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA (2005).

An edited book

[Boffi, 2008] Boffi, D.: ‘Mixed Finite Elements, Compatibility Conditions, and Applications: Lectures given at the C.I.M.E. Summer School held in Cetraro, Italy June 26–July 1, 2006’; (F. Brezzi, L. F. Demkowicz, R. G. Durán, R. S. Falk, M. Fortin, D. Boffi & L. Gastaldi, Eds.) (Vol. 1939). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (2008).

A chapter in an edited book

[Chen et al., 2007] Chen, G. L., Chang, C. C., Chien, S. C., Tung, T. S., Lee, H. H., Ling, W. C., Lee, H. L.: ‘Plasma-Ion Enhanced Optical Multilayer Thin-Film Coating for Consumer Electronics Products’; In S. Hinduja & K.-C. Fan (Eds.), Proceedings of the 35th International MATADOR Conference: Formerly The International Machine Tool Design and Research Conference. London: Springer (2007), 17–20.

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 Universal Computer Science.

Blog post

[Andrew, 2015] Andrew, E.: ‘A Faster Response Needed To See Fast Radio Bursts In The Universe’; (2015, February 9). Retrieved 30 October 2018, from https://www.iflscience.com/space/faster-response-needed-see-fast-radio-bursts-universe/

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, 1989] Government Accountability Office: ‘Impacts of Education Reform’ (No. T-PEMD-89-2); Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office (1989).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[Krisher, 2017] Krisher, J.: ‘Cell-Matrix Interaction: Activation of the MAP Kinase Signaling Pathway in Salivary Gland Cells’ (Doctoral dissertation); Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL (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

[Kelly, 1993] Kelly, M.: ‘Washington Memo; Household Hiring Is Trickier With New Broom in Capital’; New York Times (1993, February 12), A1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Universal Computer Science
Abbreviation	J. Univers. Comput. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0948-695x
ISSN (online)	0948-6968
Scope	General Computer Science Theoretical Computer Science