How to format your references using the Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics citation style

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

Selker EU (2003) Molecular biology. A self-help guide for a trim genome. Science 300:1517–1518.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wellik DM, Capecchi MR (2003) Hox10 and Hox11 genes are required to globally pattern the mammalian skeleton. Science 301:363–367.

A journal article with 3 authors

Munoz F, Couteron P, Hubbell SP (2012) Comment on ‘Global correlations in tropical tree species richness and abundance reject neutrality’. Science 336:1639; author reply 1639.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Alt A, Lammens K, Chiocchini C, Lammens A, Pieck JC, Kuch D, Hopfner K-P, Carell T (2007) Bypass of DNA lesions generated during anticancer treatment with cisplatin by DNA polymerase eta. Science 318:967–970.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Garde F, Aelenei D, Aelenei L, Scognamiglio A, Ayoub J (2017) Solution Sets for Net-Zero Energy Buildings. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, Germany.

An edited book

Barbosa LS, Lumpe M (eds) (2012) Formal Aspects of Component Software: 7th International Workshop, FACS 2010, Guimarães, Portugal, October 14-16, 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

A chapter in an edited book

Carter CB, Norton MG (2013) Bonds and Energy Bands. In: Ceramic Materials: Science and Engineering. Norton MG (ed) Springer, New York, NY, p 53–72

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 Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015) Would You Wear A Smog Ring? https://www.iflscience.com/environment/would-you-wear-smog-ring/ (accessed 30 October 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 (1978) The Congress Should Clearly Define the National Weather Service’s Role To Provide Specialized Weather Services. 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

Chavez G (2017) Creating Integrated, Inquiry Science Lessons Based on Early Childhood Science Activities. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA

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

Wilson M (2017) In Chelsea Bombing Trial, a Lesson on How a Cellphone Becomes a Trigger. New York Times:A20.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Selker 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Selker 2003, Wellik & Capecchi 2003).

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

Two authors: (Wellik & Capecchi 2003)
Three or more authors: (Alt et al. 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Ethics in Science and Environmental Politics
Abbreviation	Ethics Sci. Environ. Polit.
ISSN (print)	1863-5415
ISSN (online)	1611-8014
Scope	Philosophy Ecology Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Education Sociology and Political Science