How to format your references using the Applied Engineering in Agriculture citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Applied Engineering in Agriculture. 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

Kress, M. (2012). Modeling armed conflicts. Science (New York, N.Y.), 336(6083), 865–869.

A journal article with 2 authors

Nienborg, H., Cumming, B. G. (2009). Decision-related activity in sensory neurons reflects more than a neuron’s causal effect. Nature, 459(7243), 89–92.

A journal article with 3 authors

Buffetaut, E., Martill, D., Escuillié, F. (2004). Pterosaurs as part of a spinosaur diet. Nature, 430(6995), 33.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Edamatsu, K., Oohata, G., Shimizu, R., Itoh, T. (2004). Generation of ultraviolet entangled photons in a semiconductor. Nature, 431(7005), 167–170.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lalanne, C. (2014). Specification Development. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Uyar, A. S., Ozcan, E., Urquhart, N. (Eds.). (2013). Automated Scheduling and Planning: From Theory to Practice (Vol. 505). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Duncan, I. D., Kondo, Y. (2013). Exogenous Cell Myelin Repair and Neuroprotection in Multiple Sclerosis. In I. D. Duncan & R. J. M. Franklin (Eds.), Myelin Repair and Neuroprotection in Multiple Sclerosis (pp. 93–127). Boston, MA: Springer US.

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 Applied Engineering in Agriculture.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2014, October 30). Can Zoos Save The World? Retrieved October 30, 2018, from https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/can-zoos-save-world/

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. (1997). Aviation Safety and Security: Challenges to Implementing the Recommendations of the White House Commission on Aviation Safety and Security (No. T-RCED-97-90). 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

Reyes, J. (2009). Connections: A grant proposal for mothers struggling with substance abuse in the child welfare system (Doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.

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. (2017, August 30). Astros Returning To Houston. New York Times, p. B13.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Kress, 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Kress, 2012; Nienborg and Cumming, 2009).

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

Two authors: (Nienborg and Cumming, 2009)
Three or more authors: (Edamatsu et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Applied Engineering in Agriculture
Abbreviation	Appl. Eng. Agric.
ISSN (print)	0883-8542
ISSN (online)	1943-7838
Scope	General Engineering