How to format your references using the Macromolecules citation style

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

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Calvert, A. J. Seismic Reflection Imaging of Two Megathrust Shear Zones in the Northern Cascadia Subduction Zone. Nature 2004, 428 (6979), 163–167.

A journal article with 2 authors

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Rappaport, S. M.; Smith, M. T. Epidemiology. Environment and Disease Risks. Science 2010, 330 (6003), 460–461.

A journal article with 3 authors

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Rowe, T. B.; Macrini, T. E.; Luo, Z.-X. Fossil Evidence on Origin of the Mammalian Brain. Science 2011, 332 (6032), 955–957.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

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Stappers, B. W.; Gaensler, B. M.; Kaspi, V. M.; van der Klis, M.; Lewin, W. H. G. An X-Ray Nebula Associated with the Millisecond Pulsar B1957+20. Science 2003, 299 (5611), 1372–1374.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

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Bush, J.; Harris, D. M.; Parker, R. J. Cognitive Self Change; John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, 2016.

An edited book

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Islam, S. M. N. Performance Measurement in Corporate Governance: DEA Modelling and Implications for Organisational Behaviour and Supply Chain Management; Manzoni, A., Ed.; Contributions to Management Science; Physica-Verlag HD: Heidelberg, 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

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Denker, M.; Grün, S. Designing Workflows for the Reproducible Analysis of Electrophysiological Data. In Brain-Inspired Computing: Second International Workshop, BrainComp 2015, Cetraro, Italy, July 6-10, 2015, Revised Selected Papers; Amunts, K., Grandinetti, L., Lippert, T., Petkov, N., Eds.; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2016; pp 58–72.

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 Macromolecules.

Blog post

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Andrew, E. Filmmaker Gets Up Close And Personal With Massive Hammerhead Sharks. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/shark-whisperer-joe-romeiro-gets-impressively-close-hammerhead-sharks/ (accessed 2018-10-30)

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

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Government Accountability Office. Amendment to FCC Rules Regarding a Plan for Cost-Sharing of Microwave Relocation; OGC-96-14; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1996.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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Hagarty, E. P. A Predictive Risk Modeling System for the Management of Small-Scale Water and Wastewater Facilities: Toward Long-Term Sustainability of Our National Parks. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, 2008.

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

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Walsh, M. W. Puerto Rico Proposes Plan to Delay Its Debt Payments to Free Up Cash. New York Times. January 30, 2016, p B3.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Macromolecules
Abbreviation	Macromolecules
ISSN (print)	0024-9297
ISSN (online)	1520-5835
Scope	Inorganic Chemistry Organic Chemistry Materials Chemistry Polymers and Plastics