How to format your references using the Waves in Random and Complex Media citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Waves in Random and Complex Media. 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]

Simpson F. Resistance to mantle flow inferred from the electromagnetic strike of the Australian upper mantle. Nature. 2001;412(6847):632–635.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Gerde E, Marder M. Friction and fracture. Nature. 2001;413(6853):285–288.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Averill C, Turner BL, Finzi AC. Mycorrhiza-mediated competition between plants and decomposers drives soil carbon storage. Nature. 2014;505(7484):543–545.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

DiVincenzo DP, Bacon D, Kempe J, et al. Universal quantum computation with the exchange interaction. Nature. 2000;408(6810):339–342.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Chu PP. FPGA Prototyping by Verilog Examples. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2008.

An edited book

[1]

Huang Y. Geo-disaster Modeling and Analysis: An SPH-based Approach. Dai Z, Zhang W, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Behr MA. Evolution of Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In: Divangahi M, editor. The New Paradigm of Immunity to Tuberculosis. New York, NY: Springer; 2013. p. 81–91.

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 Waves in Random and Complex Media.

Blog post

[1]

O`Callaghan J. How To Watch Next Week’s Geminid Meteor Shower. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. Contracting for Computer Software Development--Serious Problems Require Management Attention To Avoid Wasting Additional Millions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1979. Report No.: FGMSD-80-4. .

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Gutierrez R. Providing Hope: A Systematic Development of a Resource Manual for Mental Health Professionals Treating Latino/a Adolescents with Suicidal Ideation [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]

Rice SE. It’s Not Too Late on North Korea. New York Times. 2017 Aug 10;A19.

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	Waves in Random and Complex Media
Abbreviation	Waves Random Complex Media
ISSN (print)	1745-5030
ISSN (online)	1745-5049
Scope	General Engineering General Physics and Astronomy