How to format your references using the Australian Journal of Zoology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Australian Journal of Zoology. 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

Oullier O (2013). Behavioural insights are vital to policy-making. Nature 501, 463.

A journal article with 2 authors

Bourne HR, Weiner O (2002). A chemical compass. Nature 419, 21.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bacles CFE, Lowe AJ, Ennos RA (2006). Effective seed dispersal across a fragmented landscape. Science (New York, N.Y.) 311, 628.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Mueller A-K, Labaied M, Kappe SHI, Matuschewski K (2005). Genetically modified Plasmodium parasites as a protective experimental malaria vaccine. Nature 433, 164–167.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Omura Y, Mallik A, Matsuo N (2016). ‘MOS Devices for Low-Voltage and Low-Energy Applications’. (John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd: Singapore)

An edited book

Rzoska SJ, Mazur VA (Eds.) (2007). ‘Soft Matter under Exogenic Impacts’. (Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht)

A chapter in an edited book

Wilson LA (2010). Building a Conceptual Framework for Creating New Knowledge Through a Virtual Interdisciplinary Environment Process. In ‘e-Research Collaboration: Theory, Techniques and Challenges’. (Ed M Anandarajan.) pp. 65–82. (Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg)

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 Australian Journal of Zoology.

Blog post

Fang J (2015). Triceratops Teeth Become Plant-Slicing Knives as They Strategically Wear Down With Use. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/triceratops-teeth-become-plant-slicing-knives-they-strategically-wear-down-use/ [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 (1988). Aviation Security: Improved Controls Needed To Prevent Unauthorized Access at Key Airports. RCED-88-86. 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

Torres Garcia AC (2015). The Impact of Health Insurance Coverage on the Use of Preventive Health Services and Healthy Behaviors: Evidence from Mexico’s Public Health Insurance Program ‘Seguro Popular’. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University Washington, DC.

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

George T (2016). Thumbelina’s Secret Architect. New York Times, A21.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Oullier 2013).
This sentence cites two references (Bourne and Weiner 2002; Oullier 2013).

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

Two authors: (Bourne and Weiner 2002)
Three or more authors: (Mueller et al. 2005)

About the journal

Full journal title	Australian Journal of Zoology
Abbreviation	Aust. J. Zool.
ISSN (print)	0004-959X
ISSN (online)	1446-5698
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics