How to format your references using the Archives of Animal Nutrition citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Archives of Animal Nutrition. 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

Inguscio M. 2003. Physics. How to freeze out collisions. Science. 300(5626):1671–1673.

A journal article with 2 authors

Metrangolo P, Resnati G. 2008. Chemistry. Halogen versus hydrogen. Science. 321(5891):918–919.

A journal article with 3 authors

Tattersall GJ, Andrade DV, Abe AS. 2009. Heat exchange from the toucan bill reveals a controllable vascular thermal radiator. Science. 325(5939):468–470.

A journal article with 12 or more authors

Loiseau C, Harrigan RJ, Bichet C, Julliard R, Garnier S, Lendvai AZ, Chastel O, Sorci G. 2013. Predictions of avian Plasmodium expansion under climate change. Sci Rep. 3:1126.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Reiman J. 2012. As Free and as Just as Possible. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

An edited book

Paradisi A, Yacoub MD, Lira Figueiredo F, Tronco T, editors. 2016. Long Term Evolution: 4G and Beyond. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Templin D. 2016. Beyond the Metropolises: Youth Centre Initiatives in the ‘Youth Revolt’ of 1980–81 in West Germany. In: Andresen K, Steen B van der, editors. A European Youth Revolt: European Perspectives on Youth Protest and Social Movements in the 1980s. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; p. 67–80.

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 Archives of Animal Nutrition.

Blog post

Evans K. 2016. Yosemite National Park Grows By 400 Acres In Largest Expansion In 70 Years. IFLScience [Internet]. [accessed 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/yosemite-national-park-grows-by-400-acres-in-largest-expansion-in-70-years/

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. 2002. Export Control: Army Guidance on Cooperative Research and Development Agreement Compliance with Export Control Laws and Regulations. 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

Mullen CR. 2017. Factors Influencing Canadian Power Engineers’ Decision to Pursue Advanced Certification [Doctoral dissertation]. Phoenix, AZ: University of Phoenix.

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

Pilon M. 2012. For Equestrian Event, Course Bursts From an Imagination. New York Times.:D8.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Inguscio 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Inguscio 2003; Metrangolo and Resnati 2008).

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

Two authors: (Metrangolo and Resnati 2008)
Three or more authors: (Loiseau et al. 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Archives of Animal Nutrition
Abbreviation	Arch. Anim. Nutr.
ISSN (print)	1745-039X
ISSN (online)	1477-2817
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology General Medicine General Veterinary