How to format your references using the Agronomy Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Agronomy Journal. 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	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Fields, H.L. 2014. Neuroscience. More pain; less gain. Science 345(6196): 513–514.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rossant, J., and B. Hogan. 2007. Retrospective. Anne McLaren (1927-2007). Science 317(5838): 609.

A journal article with 3 authors

Marty, B., S. Dewonck, and C. France-Lanord. 2003. Geochemical evidence for efficient aquifer isolation over geological timeframes. Nature 425(6953): 55–58.

A journal article with 6 or more authors

Mondal, A., B. Black, Y.-T. Kim, and S. Mohanty. 2014. Loop formation and self-fasciculation of cortical axon using photonic guidance at long working distance. Sci. Rep. 4: 6902.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Joyner, M. 2009. Integration Marketing. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Babin, G., K. Stanoevska-Slabeva, and P. Kropf, editors. 2011. E-Technologies: Transformation in a Connected World: 5th International Conference, MCETECH 2011, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, January 23-26, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

A chapter in an edited book

Preece, A.W. 2009. Cognitive Effects of Electromagnetic Fields in Humans. In: Lin, J.C., editor, Advances in Electromagnetic Fields in Living Systems: Volume 5, Health Effects of Cell Phone Radiation. Springer, New York, NY. p. 133–165

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 Agronomy Journal.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2015. We Need To Stop Australia’s Genetic Heritage From Being Taken Overseas. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/we-need-stop-australia-s-genetic-heritage-being-taken-overseas/ (accessed 30 October 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

Government Accountability Office. 2011. Electronic Government: Performance Measures for Projects Aimed at Promoting Innovation and Transparency Can Be Improved. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Gunderson, C.A. 2017. The Moderating Effect of Type of Target on the Relationship between Collective Rumination and Displaced Aggression.

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

Wagner, J. 2016. Two Pitchers Conquer Struggles and Morph Into Game 2 Starters. New York Times: SP2.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Fields, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Rossant and Hogan, 2007; Fields, 2014).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Rossant and Hogan, 2007)
Three or more authors: (Mondal et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Agronomy Journal
Abbreviation	Agron. J.
ISSN (print)	1435-0645
Scope	Agronomy and Crop Science