How to format your references using the Environmental Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Environmental Health. 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. Branscomb LM. Science and industry. Research alone is not enough. Science. 2008;321:915–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Ionescu AM, Riel H. Tunnel field-effect transistors as energy-efficient electronic switches. Nature. 2011;479:329–37.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Wade JT, Hall DB, Struhl K. The transcription factor Ifh1 is a key regulator of yeast ribosomal protein genes. Nature. 2004;432:1054–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Siegert MJ, Kwok R, Mayer C, Hubbard B. Water exchange between the subglacial Lake Vostok and the overlying ice sheet. Nature. 2000;403:643–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Michaud T. Innovation, Between Science and Science Fiction. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

1. Basu D. Structural Revolution in International Business Architecture: Political Economy: Volume 2. Miroshnik V, editor. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Chen J, Huang H, Zuo R. Report on the Institutional Reform of China’s Special Economic Zones. In: Tao Y, Yuan Y, editors. Annual Report on the Development of China’s Special Economic Zones (2016): Blue Book of China’s Special Economic Zones. Singapore: Springer; 2016. p. 121–52.

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 Environmental Health.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Watch A Giant Leech Swallow A Giant Worm Whole [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/giant-red-worm-eating-leech-filmed/

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. Federal Communications Commission: Narrowband Personal Communications Services and Competitive Bidding. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000 Jul. Report No.: OGC-00-47.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Levy MR. Visual perception and Gestalt grouping in the landscape: Are Gestalt grouping prinicples reliable indicators of visual preference? [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State University; 2009.

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. Walsh MW. Senate Report Says Caterpillar Used Swiss Subsidiary to Reduce Taxes. New York Times. 2014 Apr 1;B3.

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	Environmental Health
Abbreviation	Environ. Health
ISSN (online)	1476-069X
Scope	Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health