How to format your references using the Domestic Animal Endocrinology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Domestic Animal Endocrinology. 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]

Mahowald N. Aerosol indirect effect on biogeochemical cycles and climate. Science 2011;334:794–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Zhu H, Bunn HF. Signal transduction. How do cells sense oxygen? Science 2001;292:449–51.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Thompson JK, Peterson MR, Freeman RD. Single-neuron activity and tissue oxygenation in the cerebral cortex. Science 2003;299:1070–2.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Maric M, Arunachalam B, Phan UT, Dong C, Garrett WS, Cannon KS, et al. Defective antigen processing in GILT-free mice. Science 2001;294:1361–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Pierce DR. Project Scheduling and Management for Construction. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Schlechtriem P. UN Law on International Sales: The UN Convention on the International Sale of Goods. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Botsch M, Bommes D, Kobbelt L. Efficient Linear System Solvers for Mesh Processing. In: Martin R, Bez H, Sabin M, editors. Mathematics of Surfaces XI: 11th IMA International Conference, Loughborough, UK, September 5-7, 2005. Proceedings, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005, p. 62–83.

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 Domestic Animal Endocrinology.

Blog post

[1]

Carpineti A. It’s Time To Redefine The Kilogram. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/its-time-to-redefine-the-kilogram/ (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 Safety: Serious Problems Continue to Trouble the Air Traffic Control Work Force. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Amos AE. Perceptions of the persistent: Academic experiences of first generation community college students. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University, 2010.

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]

Kelly M. Perot Tells It His Way - Take It Or Leave It. New York Times 1992:43.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Domestic Animal Endocrinology
Abbreviation	Domest. Anim. Endocrinol.
ISSN (print)	0739-7240
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology Endocrinology Food Animals