How to format your references using the Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry. 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

Burrows, A.S.: Highlights in the study of exoplanet atmospheres. Nature. 513, 345–352 (2014)

A journal article with 2 authors

Boos, W.R., Kuang, Z.: Dominant control of the South Asian monsoon by orographic insulation versus plateau heating. Nature. 463, 218–222 (2010)

A journal article with 3 authors

Nakagome, S., Mano, S., Hasegawa, M.: Comment on “Nuclear genomic sequences reveal that polar bears are an old and distinct bear lineage.” Science. 339, 1522 (2013)

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Zhang, W., Lim, C.C., Korniss, G., Szymanski, B.K.: Opinion dynamics and influencing on random geometric graphs. Sci. Rep. 4, 5568 (2014)

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Tissue, B.M.: Basics of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Equilibria. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ (2013)

An edited book

Stocchi, V., Feo, P.D., Hood, D.A. eds: Role of Physical Exercise in Preventing Disease and Improving the Quality of Life. Springer, Milano (2007)

A chapter in an edited book

Borchard, M.: The Germans and the crisis: which perceptions? In: Chopin, T. and Foucher, M. (eds.) Schuman Report on Europe: State of the Union 2011. pp. 44–45. Springer, Paris (2011)

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 Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry.

Blog post

Andrews, R.: Planet Nine May Not Be The Only Hidden Planet In Our Solar System, https://www.iflscience.com/space/planet-nine-may-not-be-the-only-hidden-planet-in-our-solar-system/

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: Weather Satellites: The U.S. Geostationary Satellite Program Is at a Crossroad. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC (1991)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Donohue, J.: Resolving Past Liabilities for Future Reduction in Greenhouse Gases; Nuclear Energy and the Outstanding Federal Liability of Spent Nuclear Fuel, (2010)

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

Hubbard, B.: Bomber Hits Courthouse in Damascus, (2017)

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	Mathematical Physics, Analysis and Geometry
Abbreviation	Math. Phys. Anal. Geom.
ISSN (print)	1385-0172
ISSN (online)	1572-9656
Scope	Geometry and Topology Mathematical Physics