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What an AIP Style Manual 4th edition reference looks like
AIP Style Manual 4th edition is a numeric style: sources are cited with a bracketed or superscript number in the order they first appear, and the reference list is numbered to match.
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Journal article
1 L.S. Babonis, and M.Q. Martindale, “A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians,” PNAS 119(19), e2113701119 (2022).
Book
1 T.S. Kuhn, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (University of Chicago Press, 1970).
Web page
1 IPCC, “Climate change 2021: the physical science basis,” (2021).
Journal article with 26 authors
1 C.R. Harris, K.J. Millman, S.J. van der Walt, R. Gommers, P. Virtanen, D. Cournapeau, E. Wieser, J. Taylor, S. Berg, N.J. Smith, R. Kern, M. Picus, S. Hoyer, M.H. van Kerkwijk, M. Brett, A. Haldane, J.F. del Río, M. Wiebe, P. Peterson, P. Gérard-Marchant, K. Sheppard, T. Reddy, W. Weckesser, H. Abbasi, C. Gohlke, and T.E. Oliphant, “Array programming with NumPy,” Nature 585(7825), 357–362 (2020).
AIP Style Manual 4th edition at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in physics.
- In the text, sources are cited with superscript numbers.
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names all 26.
- First names are shortened to initials.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
- The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
- The style file was last updated in March 2024.
The guide this style follows: aip.org
How AIP Style Manual 4th edition compares with NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (citation-sequence, brackets)
Where AIP Style Manual 4th edition differs:
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names all 26.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
- In the text, sources are cited with superscript numbers.
The same journal article in NLM/Vancouver: Citing Medicine 2nd edition (citation-sequence, brackets)
1. Babonis LS, Martindale MQ. A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS. 2022 May 3;119(19):e2113701119. doi:10.1073/pnas.2113701119
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does AIP Style Manual 4th edition list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names all 26.
How does AIP Style Manual 4th edition handle DOIs and web pages?
The reference leaves the DOI out. Web pages are cited without an access date.
How is the reference list ordered in AIP Style Manual 4th edition?
The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
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