How to format your references using the Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX syles 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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Gavaghan H. Tips for sequence centre job-seekers. Nature (2001) 409:964.
A journal article with 2 authors
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Kossinets G, Watts DJ. Empirical analysis of an evolving social network. Science (2006) 311:88–90.
A journal article with 3 authors
1.
Lee S-H, Kwan AC, Dan Y. Interneuron subtypes and orientation tuning. Nature (2014) 508:E1-2.
A journal article with 11 or more authors
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Bini M, Ferrari S, Ferrara C, Mozzati MC, Capsoni D, Pell AJ, Pintacuda G, Canton P, Mustarelli P. Polymorphism and magnetic properties of Li2MSiO4 (M = Fe, Mn) cathode materials. Sci Rep (2013) 3:3452.

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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Smith JT. Methods of Geometry. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1999).
An edited book
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De Cecco CN, Laghi A, Schoepf UJ, Meinel FG eds. Dual Energy CT in Oncology. Cham: Springer International Publishing (2015).
A chapter in an edited book
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Barbuti PA. “Stem Cell Therapy for Neurological Disorders: From Bench to Bedside,” in Stem Cell Therapy for Organ Failure, ed. I. Somasundaram (New Delhi: Springer India), 41–70.

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 Frontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics.

Blog post
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Hale T. “Most Convincing Picture” Of Loch Ness Monster Looks A Lot Like Some Seals. IFLScience (2016) Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/most-convincing-picture-of-loch-ness-monster-looks-a-lot-like-some-seals/ [Accessed October 30, 2018]

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. Strategic Bombers: Issues Related to the B-1B Aircraft Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office (1991).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
1.
Aloe-Chase ST. Family member perspectives on collaboration: An exploratory study. (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
1.
Neuman W. In Colombia, Two Warring Officials Provide a Portrait of a Nation’s Political Divide. New York Times (2014)A6.

In-text citations

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

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 titleFrontiers in Applied Mathematics and Statistics
AbbreviationFront. Appl. Math. Stat.
ISSN (online)2297-4687
Scope

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