How to format your references using the Horticulture Research citation style

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

Klein J. Smart polymer solutions. Nature 2000; 405: 745, 747.

A journal article with 2 authors

Li H-B, Henning T. The alignment of molecular cloud magnetic fields with the spiral arms in M33. Nature 2011; 479: 499–501.

A journal article with 3 authors

Clement AC, Burgman R, Norris JR. Observational and model evidence for positive low-level cloud feedback. Science 2009; 325: 460–464.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Pornillos O, Chen Y-J, Chen AP, Chang G. X-ray structure of the EmrE multidrug transporter in complex with a substrate. Science 2005; 310: 1950–1953.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bajpai P. Environmentally Friendly Production of Pulp and Paper. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2010.

An edited book

Ahuja MR, Jain SM (eds.). Genetic Diversity and Erosion in Plants: Indicators and Prevention. Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Aerts R, Cornelissen JHC, Dorrepaal E. Plant performance in a warmer world: general responses of plants from cold, northern biomes and the importance of winter and spring events. In: Rozema J, Aerts R, Cornelissen H (eds). Plants and Climate Change. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2006, pp 65–78.

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 Horticulture Research.

Blog post

Carpineti A. Mystery Of The ‘Megastructure Star’ Deepens. IFLScience. 2016.https://www.iflscience.com/space/mystery-of-the-megastructure-star-deepens/ (accessed 30 Oct2018).

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. Commercial Space Launches: FAA’s Risk Assessment Process Is Not Yet Updated. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2014.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Williamson JW. Measurements and analysis of extinction in vitiated flame sheets. 2009.

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

Kelly H. Mother’s Disapproval. New York Times. 2015; : BR14.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Horticulture Research
Abbreviation	Hortic. Res.
ISSN (online)	2052-7276
Scope	Horticulture Plant Science Biochemistry Biotechnology Genetics