How to format your references using the Food Structure citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Food Structure. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Orbach, R. L. (2011). Retrospective. John Harmen Marburger III (1941-2011). Science (New York, N.Y.), 333(6047), 1233.

A journal article with 2 authors

Gong, C., & Maquat, L. E. (2011). lncRNAs transactivate STAU1-mediated mRNA decay by duplexing with 3’ UTRs via Alu elements. Nature, 470(7333), 284–288.

A journal article with 3 authors

Yin, Y., Manoury, B., & Fåhraeus, R. (2003). Self-inhibition of synthesis and antigen presentation by Epstein-Barr virus-encoded EBNA1. Science (New York, N.Y.), 301(5638), 1371–1374.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Liu, G., Ye, X., Miller, E. J., & Liu, S. F. (2014). NF-κB-to-AP-1 switch: a mechanism regulating transition from endothelial barrier injury to repair in endotoxemic mice. Scientific Reports, 4, 5543.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Khouw, M. C., & Guthner, M. W. (2016). The Options Edge + Free Trial. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

González-Aguilar, H., & Ugalde, E. (Eds.). (2015). Nonlinear Dynamics New Directions: Models and Applications (Vol. 12). Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Dabbagh, A. (2014). Cardiovascular Monitoring. In A. Dabbagh, F. Esmailian, & S. F. Aranki (Eds.), Postoperative Critical Care for Cardiac Surgical Patients (pp. 77–127). Springer.

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 Food Structure.

Blog post

Fang, J. (2015, September 1). Island Lizards Digest More Efficiently Than Their Mainland Counterparts. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-do-island-lizards-have-different-stomachs-their-mainland-counterparts/

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. (2009). National Transportation Safety Board: Reauthorization Provides an Opportunity to Focus on Implementing Leading Management Practices and Addressing Human Capital and Training Center Issues (GAO-10-183T). U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Dusso, A. P. (2010). The psychology of institutional development: How parties’ willingness to accept risk affects the districts they draw and the seats they win [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

Sisario, B. (2016, December 21). Nielsen, Highlighting Value of Data, Is Buying Gracenote for $560 Million. New York Times, B3.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Orbach, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Gong & Maquat, 2011; Orbach, 2011).

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

Two authors: (Gong & Maquat, 2011)
Three authors: (Yin et al., 2003)
6 or more authors: (Liu et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Food Structure
ISSN (print)	2213-3291
Scope	Food Science Bioengineering Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology