How to format your references using the European Journal of Agronomy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Agronomy. 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

Pentland, A., 2015. Economics: Simple market models fail the test. Nature 525, 190–191.

A journal article with 2 authors

Duman, R.S., Aghajanian, G.K., 2012. Synaptic dysfunction in depression: potential therapeutic targets. Science 338, 68–72.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sun, B.K., Siprashvili, Z., Khavari, P.A., 2014. Advances in skin grafting and treatment of cutaneous wounds. Science 346, 941–945.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Craven, L., Tuppen, H.A., Greggains, G.D., Harbottle, S.J., Murphy, J.L., Cree, L.M., Murdoch, A.P., Chinnery, P.F., Taylor, R.W., Lightowlers, R.N., Herbert, M., Turnbull, D.M., 2010. Pronuclear transfer in human embryos to prevent transmission of mitochondrial DNA disease. Nature 465, 82–85.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

McGrath, A.E., 2011. Darwinism and the Divine. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

An edited book

Sánchez-Alonso, S., Athanasiadis, I.N. (Eds.), 2010. Metadata and Semantic Research: 4th International Conference, MTSR 2010, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, October 20-22, 2010. Proceedings, Communications in Computer and Information Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

A chapter in an edited book

Valocchi, A.J., 2012. Hydrogeochemical Models, in: Kitanidis, P.K., McCarty, P.L. (Eds.), Delivery and Mixing in the Subsurface: Processes and Design Principles for In Situ Remediation, SERDP/ESTCP Environmental Remediation Technology. Springer, New York, NY, pp. 77–116.

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 European Journal of Agronomy.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2014. Handcuffs, traps and spikes shed light on sex lives of insects [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/handcuffs-traps-and-spikes-shed-light-sex-lives-insects/ (accessed 10.30.18).

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. ADP Management: Status of the Army’s Logistics and Technical Information Initiatives (No. IMTEC-89-10). 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

Nunez, F.V., 2010. A study of the application of the concepts of Karen Horney in leadership development within the National Management Association of the Boeing Company (Doctoral dissertation). Pepperdine University, Malibu, 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

Kishkovsky, S., 2008. Where the Romanovs Became Holy Martyrs. New York Times TR12.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Pentland, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Duman and Aghajanian, 2012; Pentland, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Duman and Aghajanian, 2012)
Three or more authors: (Craven et al., 2010)

About the journal

Full journal title	European Journal of Agronomy
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Agron.
ISSN (print)	1161-0301
Scope	Agronomy and Crop Science Plant Science Soil Science