How to format your references using the Insects citation style

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

Spudich, J.A. Biochemistry. Molecular Motors, Beauty in Complexity. Science 2011, 331, 1143–1144.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sachs, J.D.; Reid, W.V. Environment. Investments toward Sustainable Development. Science 2006, 312, 1002.

A journal article with 3 authors

Manoukis, N.C.; Hall, B.; Geib, S.M. A Computer Model of Insect Traps in a Landscape. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 7015.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Meehl, G.A.; Arblaster, J.M.; Matthes, K.; Sassi, F.; van Loon, H. Amplifying the Pacific Climate System Response to a Small 11-Year Solar Cycle Forcing. Science 2009, 325, 1114–1118.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Numai, T. Laser Diodes and Their Applications to Communications and Information Processing; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2010; ISBN 9780470769522.

An edited book

Borderline Personality and Mood Disorders: Comorbidity and Controversy; Choi-Kain, L.W., Gunderson, J.G., Eds.; Springer: New York, NY, 2015; ISBN 9781493913138.

A chapter in an edited book

Rhodes, T.E.; Dadds, M.R. Assessment of Conduct Problems Using an Integrated, Process-Oriented Approach. In Clinical Handbook of Assessing and Treating Conduct Problems in Youth; Murrihy, R.C., Kidman, A.D., Ollendick, T.H., Eds.; Springer: New York, NY, 2011; pp. 77–113 ISBN 9781441962959.

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 Insects.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J. NASA Is Deciding Where To Go Next In The Solar System Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-is-deciding-where-to-go-next-in-the-solar-system/ (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 The Department of Energy’s Office of Science Uses a Multilayered Process for Prioritizing Research; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2012;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Golf, F. Search for New Physics in a Final State with Same-Sign Dileptons, Jets, and Missing Transverse Energy at 7 TeV Center of Mass Energy. Doctoral dissertation, University of California San Diego: La Jolla, CA, 2012.

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

Kenigsberg, B. The Revolution Will Be Filmed. New York Times 2017, C4.

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	Insects
Abbreviation	Insects
ISSN (online)	2075-4450
Scope	Insect Science