Standard format of references in papers
1. Monograph: [serial number] author. Title [M]. Version (1 version is not recorded). Place of publication: publisher, year of publication. Start and end page numbers.
2. Journal: [serial number] author. Title [J] Publication name, year, volume (issue): page number.
3. Proceedings of the conference (or compilation): [serial number] author, title [A], editor, name of proceedings [C], place of publication: publishing house, year of publication, starting and ending page numbers.
4. Dissertation: [serial number] author. Title [D] Address of degree conferring: degree conferring unit and year.
5. Patent: [serial number] Patent applicant. Patent name [P]. Patent country (or region): patent number and date of publication.
6. Scientific report: [serial number] author. Report title [R]. Number and place of publication: publisher and year of publication. Start and end page numbers.
7. Standard: [serial number] standard number, standard name. Date of promulgation.
8. Newspaper article: [serial number] author. Title. Name of newspaper, year-month-day (edition).
9. Electronic document: [serial number] Principal. Title of electronic document [identification and carrier type of electronic document]. Source or available address, date of publication or update/date of reference of the electronic document (optional).
10. Documents of various undefined types: [serial number] Principal. Document title [Z]. Place of publication: publisher, year of publication.
Factors that should be paid attention to when selecting references
Read through the alternative references and master the research scope.
Before you finally determine the references you need, you must understand the essence of each document. Before the informationization is not as developed as it is today, the author of the paper usually needs to go to the library to read the thick last few issues in person, and then he can decide the final reference after getting a copy. The most painful thing is to read the full text.
But now the database resources on the Internet are very developed, and we can download the references we may need directly to our account through many softwares or platforms (such as EndNote, RefWorks or Mendeley).
Unfortunately, it is not uncommon that the selected references in many papers have little or no relevance to the topics discussed by the authors. An early survey (documentary records show that no one cares about citing the author's references. Doi:10.1038/420594a) points out that only 25% of all references are actually read by the author.
This situation will have a certain negative impact on readers. For example, people who read your paper will mistakenly think that references that have nothing to do with the research topic you are discussing are of reference value, so the next article will quote these references that are not targeted and relevant.
Good literature is not bad for you, and improper quotation will be the initiator.
Use the correct "reference format"
Ensure the integrity of reference information, including author's name, journal name and page number. Compare it with the original published version of the document to check the accuracy of the information. If the original information in the database is incorrect and referenced, these error messages will spread like viruses.
Common citation formats are APA, CELL, Chicago, Harvard, MLA, Nature and Science. Let's list these seven citation formats for the same article. In order to facilitate reading, I chose a shorter article title.
Title: Graphene as a new adsorbent in analytical chemistry.
APA format
Sitko, R, Zawiza, B. Marika, E. (20 13). Graphene as a new adsorbent in analytical chemistry. Trends in analytical chemistry, 5 1, 33–43. https://doi . org/ 10. 10 16/j . TRAC . 20 13.05 . 0 1 1
Cell format
Sitko, R., Zavisa, B., and Malica, E. (20 13). Graphene as a new adsorbent in analytical chemistry. TrAC-trends in analytical chemistry 5 1, 33–43.
Chicago format
Siko, Raphael, Beata Zavisa and Ewa Malica. 20 13. "Graphene as a new adsorbent in analytical chemistry." Trends in analytical chemistry 5 1 (November): 33–43. doi: 10. 10 16/j . TRAC . 20 13 . 05 . 0 1 1。
Harvard format
Sitko, R, Zawiza, B, Malica, E, 20 13. Graphene as a new adsorbent in analytical chemistry. TrAC-trends in analytical chemistry 5 1, 33–43. doi: 10. 10 16/j . TRAC . 20 13 . 05 . 0 1 1
MLA format
Siko, Raphael, Beata Zavisa and Ewa Malica. "Graphene as a New Adsorbent in Analytical Chemistry." TrAC-Trends in Analytical Chemistry 51(2013): 33–43. Analytical chemistry trends. Network.
Natural format
1. Sitko River, Zawiza, B. & Graphene as a new adsorbent in analytical chemistry. Trend of TrAC-analytical chemistry 5 1, 33–43 (2013).
Scientific format
1. Graphene as a new adsorbent in analytical chemistry. Analytical chemistry trends. 5 1, 33–43 (20 13).
Self-citation management
To some extent, the number of self-published papers cited as references should be limited. We are all very aware of the importance of quoting our articles, because the information provided by previous published documents includes early discovery, experimental procedures and analysis related to our current work. Self-citation can also help editors, reviewers and readers of journals to ensure that your published research results are not only incremental progress of previous work.
However, the papers published by the author should not occupy the dominant position of all references, and it is ideal to keep the number of self-citation below 20% to 25%. If you use transition, your utilitarian heart for the H index is obvious.
For example, the citation of professor's papers is that * * * has published more than 30 SCI papers, and * * * has been cited 455 times, of which he cited 432 times, that is, 23 times, with a citation rate of over 95%! It should be said that his citation rate is very high. Obviously, the self-citation rate is too high, but is it necessarily good?
A high citation rate can indicate that the research work is concerned or recognized, but it may also indicate that the research work is discrete or systematic.
Therefore, the higher the quotation rate, the better. This may be related to the number of published articles and research contents, and it is difficult to calculate quantitatively. However, from the perceptual point of view, if the citation rate of the author who has published a certain number of papers (such as dozens or more) is higher than 95%, it may indicate that the system of his works is not good enough. If the quotation rate of the other party is less than 50%, it may indicate that their work is not recognized by others.
Choose between "new" and "old"
What is to be discussed here is how to balance and choose between groundbreaking papers and current progressive papers.
Long-standing articles provide the source of concepts, which will give certain credibility to the authors who create concepts, methods and analysis. But from another point of view, the recently published papers reflect the research interest in this field.
Here is a reminder: if all the references you choose were published ten years ago, it means that the topic you want to study has been eliminated.