How to format your references using the Acta Scientiae Veterinariae citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Acta Scientiae Veterinariae. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX 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

1 Lindemann B. 2001. Receptors and transduction in taste. Nature. 413(6852): 219–225.

A journal article with 2 authors

1 Nisbet E.G. & Chappellaz J. 2009. Atmospheric science. Shifting gear, quickly. Science (New York, N.Y.). 324(5926): 477–478.

A journal article with 3 authors

1 Udem T., Holzwarth R. & Hänsch T.W. 2002. Optical frequency metrology. Nature. 416(6877): 233–237.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

1 Sutton M.D., Briggs D.E., Siveter D.J. & Siveter D.J. 2001. An exceptionally preserved vermiform mollusc from the Silurian of England. Nature. 410(6827): 461–463.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1 Danby F.W. 2014. Acne. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

1 Wu Y. (Ed). 2012. Advanced Technology in Teaching - Proceedings of the 2009 3rd International Conference on Teaching and Computational Science (WTCS 2009): Volume 1: Intelligent Ubiquitous Computing and Education. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, XVIII, 972 p. 281 illusp.

A chapter in an edited book

1 Ballenger C. 2007. Teaching as Research: Puzzling Over Words with Fourth Graders. In: Thiessen D. & Cook-Sather A. (Eds). International Handbook of Student Experience in Elementary and Secondary School. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, pp.99–114.

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 Acta Scientiae Veterinariae.

Blog post

1 Hale T. 2016. Pigs Can Be Pessimists, But Become More Optimistic In Nicer Surroundings. IFLScience. Available at: <https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/pigs-can-be-pessimists-but-become-more-optimistic-in-nicer-surroundings/>. Accessed 10/2018.

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. 2002. Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Faces Immediate and Long-Term Challenges. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1 Van Vlack K.A. 2012. Puaxant tuvip: Powerlands Southern Paiute cultural landscapes and pilgrimage trails, Doctoral dissertation, University of Arizona.

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 Wagner J. 2016. Battered but Persevering, Mets Reach the Threshold of the Postseason. New York Times, D2.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [2].
This sentence cites two references [2,4].
This sentence cites four references [2,4,7,8].

About the journal

Full journal title	Acta Scientiae Veterinariae
Abbreviation	Acta Sci. Vet.
ISSN (print)	1678-0345
ISSN (online)	1679-9216
Scope	General Veterinary