How to format your references using the International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine. 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

[1]

Church G. Perspective: Encourage the innovators. Nature 2015;528:S7.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Hector A, Hooper R. Ecology. Darwin and the first ecological experiment. Science 2002;295:639–40.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Chonan S, Kato S, Aoki T. Efficient single-mode photon-coupling device utilizing a nanofiber tip. Sci Rep 2014;4:4785.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Repp J, Meyer G, Olsson FE, Persson M. Controlling the charge state of individual gold adatoms. Science 2004;305:493–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Gasch A, Gasch B. Successfully Choosing Your EMR. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Wang Y, Zhang D, Kinsner W, editors. Advances in Cognitive Informatics and Cognitive Computing. vol. 323. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Delnooz A, Six D. Identification of Market Models and Associated Billing Strategies for the Provision of EV Charging Services. In: Beeton D, Meyer G, editors. Electric Vehicle Business Models: Global Perspectives, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015, p. 55–66.

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 International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Plant That Only Grows In Diamond-Rich Soil Found. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/plant-found-only-grows-diamonds/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Landsat’s Role in an Earth Resources Information System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1977.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Farrell BM. Body composition changes and work-efficiency effects from diet modification and incorporation of an at-home exercise regimen. Doctoral dissertation. University of Cincinnati, 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

[1]

Greenhouse L. justices decline terrorism case of a u.s. citizen. New York Times 2006:A1.

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	International Journal of Veterinary Science and Medicine
ISSN (print)	2314-4599
Scope