How to format your references using the Molecular Simulation citation style

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

Emlen DJ. Costs and the diversification of exaggerated animal structures. Science. 2001;291(5508):1534–1536.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

MacCoun R, Perlmutter S. Blind analysis: Hide results to seek the truth. Nature. 2015;526(7572):187–189.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Poss KD, Wilson LG, Keating MT. Heart regeneration in zebrafish. Science. 2002;298(5601):2188–2190.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

Richter S, Geldner N, Schrader J, et al. Functional diversification of closely related ARF-GEFs in protein secretion and recycling. Nature. 2007;448(7152):488–492.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

McLean D. Understanding Aerodynamics. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Mellouli K, editor. Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty: 9th European Conference, ECSQARU 2007, Hammamet, Tunisia, October 31 - November 2, 2007. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Deisenhofer J, Lemmens P. Optical Techniques for Systems with Competing Interactions. In: Lacroix C, Mendels P, Mila F, editors. Introduction to Frustrated Magnetism: Materials, Experiments, Theory. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. p. 107–128.

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 Molecular Simulation.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Cannibalism And Detachable Penises: The Unusual Sex Lives Of The Animal Kingdom. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. Commercial Aviation: Issues Regarding Federal Assistance for Enhancing Air Service to Small Communities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003. Report No.: GAO-03-540T. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Knight AK. Beyond Leveraged Purchasing: Using Strengthened Buyer/Supplier Relationships to Accomplish Sustainable Strategic Sourcing and Smarter Single Source Acquisitions [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington 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]

Crow K. Battle Over a Pillar to Nobel Yields No Statue, No Peace. New York Times. 2001 May 13;147.

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	Molecular Simulation
Abbreviation	Mol. Simul.
ISSN (print)	0892-7022
ISSN (online)	1029-0435
Scope	General Chemical Engineering General Chemistry Information Systems General Materials Science Modelling and Simulation Condensed Matter Physics