How to format your references using the Environmental Science and Pollution Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Environmental Science and Pollution Research. 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

Koen D (2005) Nuts and bolts. Nature 433:554

A journal article with 2 authors

Stein S, Liu M (2009) Long aftershock sequences within continents and implications for earthquake hazard assessment. Nature 462:87–89

A journal article with 3 authors

Khatiwala S, Primeau F, Hall T (2009) Reconstruction of the history of anthropogenic CO(2) concentrations in the ocean. Nature 462:346–349

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Ahmadi S, Muth-Selbach U, Lauterbach A, et al (2003) Facilitation of spinal NMDA receptor currents by spillover of synaptically released glycine. Science 300:2094–2097

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bruen AA, Forcinito MA (2004) Cryptography, Information Theory, and Error-Correction. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Chen Y-W, Torro C, Tanaka S, et al (eds) (2016) Innovation in Medicine and Healthcare 2015, 1st ed. 2015. Springer International Publishing, Cham

A chapter in an edited book

Gal J (2010) Exploring the Extended Family of Mediterranean Welfare States, or: Did Beveridge and Bismarck Take a Mediterranean Cruise Together? In: Ajzenstadt M, Gal J (eds) Children, Gender and Families in Mediterranean Welfare States. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 77–101

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 Science and Pollution Research.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) Breakthrough Melanoma Treatment Fast Tracked By FDA. In: IFLScience. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (2000) Space Shuttle: Human Capital and Safety Upgrade Challenges Require Continued Attention. 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

Pantallion AS (2015) A parallel comparison of views regarding student preparation for introductory college chemistry. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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

Shpigel B (2016) Rout Leaves Jets’ Hopes in Peril and Fitzpatrick’s Job in Jeopardy. New York Times B12

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Koen 2005).
This sentence cites two references (Koen 2005; Stein and Liu 2009).

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

Two authors: (Stein and Liu 2009)
Three or more authors: (Ahmadi et al. 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Environmental Science and Pollution Research
Abbreviation	Environ. Sci. Pollut. Res. Int.
ISSN (print)	0944-1344
ISSN (online)	1614-7499
Scope	Environmental Chemistry Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Pollution General Medicine

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