How to format your references using the Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy. 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

Omelon, S. 2004. Graduate journal: conference survival. Nature 427(6974): 570.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sur, M., Rubenstein, J.L.R. 2005. Patterning and plasticity of the cerebral cortex. Science 310(5749): 805–810.

A journal article with 3 authors

Yoshida, N., Omukai, K., Hernquist, L. 2008. Protostar formation in the early universe. Science 321(5889): 669–671.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Wilson, K.A., McBride, M.F., Bode, M., Possingham, H.P. 2006. Prioritizing global conservation efforts. Nature 440(7082): 337–340.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Khanna, V.K. 2005. Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor IGBT Theory and Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Yazici, H., Yazici, Y., Lesaffre, E. (Eds.). 2014. Understanding Evidence-Based Rheumatology: A Guide to Interpreting Criteria, Drugs, Trials, Registries, and Ethics. Springer International Publishing, Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

Miles, P.C. 2009. Turbulent Flow Structure in Direct-Injection, Swirl-Supported Diesel Engines. In: Arcoumanis, C., Kamimoto, T.(Eds.) Flow and Combustion in Reciprocating Engines. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. 173–256.

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 Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2015. Scientists Search For The Origins Of Alzheimer’s In Space. Available from https://www.iflscience.com/space/scientists-search-origins-alzheimers-space/ [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. 1990. Geographic Information Systems: Status at Selected Agencies. U.S. Government Printing Office, IMTEC-90-74FS. Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

White, B.D. 2015. Implementation of Positive Behavior Intervention and Support at the High School Level. Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO.

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

Soloski, A. 2017. As Battered as Job, He Bills by the Hour. New York Times: C5.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Omelon, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Omelon, 2004; Sur and Rubenstein, 2005).

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

Two authors: (Sur and Rubenstein, 2005)
Three or more authors: (Wilson et al., 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy
ISSN (print)	0394-1914
ISSN (online)	1825-5272
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