How to format your references using the Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata. 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

Lea DW (2001) Paleoclimate. Ice ages, the California Current, and Devils Hole. Science (New York, N.Y.) 293:59–60.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lerman J & Palsson BO (2010) Microbiology. Topping off a multiscale balancing act. Science (New York, N.Y.) 330:1058–1059.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gaucher EA, Govindarajan S & Ganesh OK (2008) Palaeotemperature trend for Precambrian life inferred from resurrected proteins. Nature 451:704–707.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Craig O, Mulville J, Pearson MP, Sokol R, Gelsthorpe K, Stacey R & Collins M (2000) Detecting milk proteins in ancient pots. Nature 408:312.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Zneimer SM (2014) Cytogenetic Abnormalities. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken.

An edited book

Wieseman KC & Weinburgh MH (Ed by ) (2009) Women’s Experiences in Leadership in K-16 Science Education Communities: Becoming and Being. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht.

A chapter in an edited book

Cheng J & Berg E (2014) Pediatric Otology and Cochlear Implants. ENT Board Prep: High Yield Review for the Otolaryngology In-service and Board Exams. (ed by F Lin & Z Patel) Springer, New York, NY, pp 25–28.

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 Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015) What Is This Bizarre Slimy Green Creature? IFLScience.

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) Space Shuttle: Changes to the Solid Rocket Motor Contract. 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

James TC (2017) African American Students in a California Community College: Perceptions of Cultural Congruity and Academic Self-Concept within a Black Culture Center.

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

Neuman W (2014) Colombian Rebels Call Unilateral Truce. New York Times:A24.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Lea, 2001).
This sentence cites two references (Lea, 2001; Lerman & Palsson, 2010).

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

Two authors: (Lerman & Palsson, 2010)
Three or more authors: (Craig et al., 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
Abbreviation	Entomol. Exp. Appl.
ISSN (print)	0013-8703
ISSN (online)	1570-7458
Scope	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Insect Science