How to format your references using the Linear and Multilinear Algebra citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Linear and Multilinear Algebra. 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

[1]

Price RM. IBI* series winner. How we got here: an inquiry-based activity about human evolution. Science. 2012;338(6114):1554–1555.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Deban SM, Olson WM. Suction feeding by a tiny predatory tadpole. Nature. 2002;420(6911):41–42.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Bergmann DC, Lukowitz W, Somerville CR. Stomatal development and pattern controlled by a MAPKK kinase. Science. 2004;304(5676):1494–1497.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Blom T, Franzén A, Heinegård D, et al. Comment on “The influence of the proinflammatory cytokine, osteopontin, on autoimmune demyelinating disease.” Science. 2003;299(5614):1845; author reply 1845.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Olofsson P. Probabilities. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

[1]

Kwiecień A, Gaj P, Stera P, editors. Computer Networks: 16th Conference, CN 2009, Wisła, Poland, June 16-20, 2009. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

White RD. Ventricular Fibrillation and Defibrillation: State of Our Knowledge and Uncertainities. In: Gullo A, Ristagno G, editors. Resuscitation: Translational Research, Clinical Evidence, Education, Guidelines. Milano: Springer; 2014. p. 47–55.

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 Linear and Multilinear Algebra.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. Why Are Zebras Stripy? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/zebra-stripes-best-predicted-temperature/.

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. Tax Policy: Uncertain Impact of Repealing the Deferral for Reinvested Shipping Income. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990. Report No.: GGD-90-35. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Beck NA. Mobile Apps for Cognitive Restructuring: A Review and Comparative Analysis [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine 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

[1]

Schwartz J. Pardon My Sweat, Pass the Borscht. New York Times. 2017 Jun 1;D1.

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	Linear and Multilinear Algebra
Abbreviation	Linear Multilinear Algebra
ISSN (print)	0308-1087
ISSN (online)	1563-5139
Scope	Algebra and Number Theory