How to format your references using the American Journal of Veterinary Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for American Journal of Veterinary Research. 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 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. Youle RJ. Cell biology. Cellular demolition and the rules of engagement. Science 2007;315:776–777.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Lowell BB, Spiegelman BM. Towards a molecular understanding of adaptive thermogenesis. Nature 2000;404:652–660.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ramer MS, Priestley JV, McMahon SB. Functional regeneration of sensory axons into the adult spinal cord. Nature 2000;403:312–316.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

1. Bailes M, Bates SD, Bhalerao V, et al. Transformation of a star into a planet in a millisecond pulsar binary. Science 2011;333:1717–1720.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Wagner D, Balog E. Advanced Technical Analysis of ETFs. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Song W. Interworking of Wireless LANs and Cellular Networks. (Zhuang W, ed.). New York, NY: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Stoimenov N, Chakraborty S, Thiele L. Interface-Based Design of Real-Time Systems. In: Chakraborty S, Eberspächer J, eds. Advances in Real-Time Systems. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2012;83–101.

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 American Journal of Veterinary Research.

Blog post

1. Davis J. Public And Experts Disagree On Which Foods Are Healthy. IFLScience 2016. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/public-and-experts-disagree-on-which-foods-are-healthy/. Accessed October 30, 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. More Competition Needed in the Federal Procurement of Automatic Data Processing Equipment. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1974.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Grzeda S. Use of Binomial Cluster Analysis in the Identification of Temporary Disaster Debris Management Sites. 2012.

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. (nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Agreement On Moldova Rebels. New York Times. November 24, 2001:A9.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

This sentence cites one reference ¹.
This sentence cites two references ^1,2.
This sentence cites four references ^1–4.

About the journal

Full journal title	American Journal of Veterinary Research
Abbreviation	Am. J. Vet. Res.
ISSN (print)	0002-9645
ISSN (online)	1943-5681
Scope	General Medicine General Veterinary