How to format your references using the Geoderma Regional citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Geoderma Regional. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Riley, S., 2007. Large-scale spatial-transmission models of infectious disease. Science 316, 1298–1301.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jung, J., Bonini, N., 2007. CREB-binding protein modulates repeat instability in a Drosophila model for polyQ disease. Science 315, 1857–1859.

A journal article with 3 authors

Burghes, A.H., Vaessin, H.E., de La Chapelle, A., 2001. Genetics. The land between Mendelian and multifactorial inheritance. Science 293, 2213–2214.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Ling, H., Boudsocq, F., Plosky, B.S., Woodgate, R., Yang, W., 2003. Replication of a cis-syn thymine dimer at atomic resolution. Nature 424, 1083–1087.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bagdonavičius, V., Julius, K., Nikulin, M.S., 2011. Non-parametric Tests for Complete Data. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Linkov, I., Wenning, R.J., Kiker, G.A. (Eds.), 2007. Managing Critical Infrastructure Risks: Decision Tools and Applications for Port Security, NATO Science for Peace and Security Series C: Environmental Security. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht.

A chapter in an edited book

Amerio, L., 2011. Almost-Periodic Equations in Hilbert Spaces, in: Amerio, L. (Ed.), Equazioni Differenziali Astratte. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 223–239.

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 Geoderma Regional.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2015. This Eco-Friendly Capsule Home Would Let You Live Off The Grid Anywhere In The World [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/technology/harness-power-wind-and-sunlight-live-eco-friendly-egg-house/ (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, 1989. Drug Control: Status of Plan to Use Federal Research and Development Facilities (No. NSIAD-90-7BR). 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

Espinoza, M., 2010. A Latina’s educational attainment and her observations of foster youth’s educational struggles: A narrative (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

Burfoot, A., Hirsch, G.A., 2012. The Honorable Clan Of the Long-Distance Runner. New York Times SP11.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Riley, 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Jung and Bonini, 2007; Riley, 2007).

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

Two authors: (Jung and Bonini, 2007)
Three or more authors: (Ling et al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Geoderma Regional
ISSN (print)	2352-0094
Scope	Soil Science