How to format your references using the Foods citation style

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

Storz, J.F. Evolution. Genes for High Altitudes. Science 2010, 329, 40–41.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hemmi, J.M.; Zeil, J. Robust Judgement of Inter-Object Distance by an Arthropod. Nature 2003, 421, 160–163.

A journal article with 3 authors

Mochizuki, K.; Matsumoto, M.; Ohmine, I. Defect Pair Separation as the Controlling Step in Homogeneous Ice Melting. Nature 2013, 498, 350–354.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Wu, L.; Yang, X.; Duan, X.; Cui, L.; Li, G. Exogenous Expression of Marine Lectins DlFBL and SpRBL Induces Cancer Cell Apoptosis Possibly through PRMT5-E2F-1 Pathway. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 4505.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Janke, S.J.; Tinsley, F.C. Introduction to Linear Models and Statistical Inference; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2005; ISBN 9780471740117.

An edited book

Heterocyclic Scaffolds I: SS-Lactams; Banik, B.K., Ed.; Topics in Heterocyclic Chemistry; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2010; Vol. 22; ISBN 9783642128448.

A chapter in an edited book

de Oliveira, G.S. Approaches to Scientific Modeling, and the (Non)Issue of Representation: A Case Study in Multi-Model Research on Thigmotaxis and Group Thermoregulation. In Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology: Logical, Epistemological, and Cognitive Issues; Magnani, L., Casadio, C., Eds.; Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2016; pp. 79–100 ISBN 9783319389820.

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 Foods.

Blog post

Andrew, E. New Process Converts Algae to Crude Oil in Less than an Hour Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/new-process-converts-algae-crude-oil-less-hour/ (accessed on 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 Administration of the Science Education Project “Man: A Course of Study”(MACOS); U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1975;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Sponsel, H. Was Sagte Dieser Schiller (Damals)? Schillers Antworten Auf Seine Kritiker Nach 1945. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 2010.

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

de la MERCED, M.J. ADP Says Activist Investor Seeks Half Of Its Board Seats and a New C.E.O. New York Times 2017, B5.

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	Foods
Abbreviation	Foods
ISSN (online)	2304-8158
Scope

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