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. Baylis F. Pregnant women deserve better. Nature 2010;465:689–690.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Surani A, Tischler J. Stem cells: a sporadic super state. Nature 2012;487:43–45.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Holman KT, Pivovar AM, Ward MD. Engineering crystal symmetry and polar order in molecular host frameworks. Science 2001;294:1907–1911.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

1. DeMattos RB, Bales KR, Cummins DJ, et al. Brain to plasma amyloid-beta efflux: a measure of brain amyloid burden in a mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease. Science 2002;295:2264–2267.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. MAK- und BAT-Werte-Liste 2014. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2014.

An edited book

1. Klimpel S, Mehlhorn H eds. Bats (Chiroptera) as Vectors of Diseases and Parasites: Facts and Myths. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Hospers G-J, Reverda N. The Geography of Population Decline. In: Reverda N, ed. Managing Population Decline in Europe’s Urban and Rural Areas. SpringerBriefs in Population Studies. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015;29–37.

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. Hale T. Dickless Spanish Microworm Has Strange Approach To Sex. IFLScience 2017. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/dickless-spanish-microworm-has-strange-approach-to-sex/. 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. Aviation Security: TSA Should Limit Future Funding for Behavior Detection Activities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2013.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Clark DK. Professional values: A study of education and experience in nursing students and nurses. 2009.

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. Yee V. Rumors Fly Among Hasidim About Abducted Man’s Death. New York Times. January 7, 2014:A19.

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