How to write and publish a scientific paper - Barbara Gastel, Robert A. Day 2022

Citing electronic material
How to cite the references
Preparing the text

The internet contains more and more material appropriate for citation. In particular, scientific papers commonly are appearing in electronic journals or being posted online as well as appearing in print. The number of papers posted on preprint servers has been burgeoning. In addition, some reports, databases, and other items accessed online can be valid to cite.

Accordingly, formats have been developed, and are continuing to be developed, for citing electronic materials. These formats appear in recent editions of style manuals and in the instructions to authors of some journals. If you wish to cite electronic material, begin by consulting the instructions to authors of your target journal. These instructions may show the formats to use or direct you to a source of guidance in print or online. Also, you may find it useful to look in the journal for examples of reference entries that list electronic materials.