How to format your references using the Biocontrol Science and Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Biocontrol Science and Technology. 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

Forrest, S. R. (2004). The path to ubiquitous and low-cost organic electronic appliances on plastic. Nature, 428(6986), 911–918.

A journal article with 2 authors

Li, J., & Nam, K. H. (2002). Regulation of brassinosteroid signaling by a GSK3/SHAGGY-like kinase. Science (New York, N.Y.), 295(5558), 1299–1301.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lazzerini, G. M., Strambini, L. M., & Barillaro, G. (2013). Addressing reliability and degradation of chemitransistor sensors by electrical tuning of the sensitivity. Scientific Reports, 3, 1161.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Painter, H. J., Morrisey, J. M., Mather, M. W., & Vaidya, A. B. (2007). Specific role of mitochondrial electron transport in blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum. Nature, 446(7131), 88–91.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Biegelman, M. T., & Biegelman, D. R. (2010). Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Compliance Guidebook. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Hutton, R. (Ed.). (2016). Physical Evidence for Ritual Acts, Sorcery and Witchcraft in Christian Britain: A Feeling for Magic. Palgrave Macmillan UK.

A chapter in an edited book

Prasek, D. (2015). EBRD Environmental and Social Governance Standards and Their Impact on the Market. In K. Wendt (Ed.), Responsible Investment Banking: Risk Management Frameworks, Sustainable Financial Innovation and Softlaw Standards (pp. 71–79). Springer International Publishing.

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 Biocontrol Science and Technology.

Blog post

Hale, T. (2015, November 4). Check Out This Incredible Visualization Of Over 500 Exoplanets. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/check-out-visulization-over-500-exoplanets/

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. (1980). Routine Disclosure of Broadcaster Financial Records (111721). 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

Zitko, J. A. (2012). Effects of Random Cross-Sectioned Distributions, Fiber Misalignment and Interphases in Three-Dimensional Composite Models on Transverse Shear Modulus [Doctoral dissertation]. University of South Florida.

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

Kelly, J. (2012, October 26). ‘The Perfect Team for Brooklynland.’ New York Times, MM58.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Forrest, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Forrest, 2004; Li & Nam, 2002).

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

Two authors: (Li & Nam, 2002)
Three authors: (Lazzerini et al., 2013)
6 or more authors: (Painter et al., 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Biocontrol Science and Technology
Abbreviation	Biocontrol Sci. Technol.
ISSN (print)	0958-3157
ISSN (online)	1360-0478
Scope	Agronomy and Crop Science Insect Science