How to format your references using the Fisheries Science citation style

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

Hassan M (2008) Beijing 1987: China’s coming-out party. Nature 455:598–599

A journal article with 2 authors

Skinner G, Gorenstein P (2003) Astronomy (communication arising): black holes, fleas and microlithography. Nature 426:245–246

A journal article with 3 authors

Gladyshev EA, Meselson M, Arkhipova IR (2008) Massive horizontal gene transfer in bdelloid rotifers. Science 320:1210–1213

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Saikawa Y, Hashimoto K, Nakata M, et al (2004) Pigment chemistry: the red sweat of the hippopotamus. Nature 429:363

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Fickelscherer RJ, Chester DL (2012) Optimal Automated Process Fault Analysis. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Cai Y (2011) Computing with Instinct: Rediscovering Artificial Intelligence. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Piasecka L (2016) Activating Character Strengths Through Poetic Encounters in a Foreign Language—A Case Study. In: Gabryś-Barker D, Gałajda D (eds) Positive Psychology Perspectives on Foreign Language Learning and Teaching. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp 75–92

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 Fisheries Science.

Blog post

Andrews R (2017) 3D-Printed Ovaries Could Be Future of Fertility Treatment, After Successfull Trials In Mice. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/3dprinted-ovaries-shown-to-foster-healthy-offspring-in-mice/. 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 (2001) Responses of Federal Agencies and Airports We Surveyed About Access Security Improvements. 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

Lowrance TL (2017) Exploring the Four Modes of Organizational Forgetting in an Organization Post Acquisition. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University

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

(nyt) SK (2004) World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Head Of Exile Church In First Visit. New York Times A10

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	Fisheries Science
Abbreviation	Fish. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0919-9268
ISSN (online)	1444-2906
Scope	Aquatic Science

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