How to format your references using the Journal of Analytical Toxicology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Analytical Toxicology. 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. Danger, B. (2007) Don’t stop me now. Nature, 445, 334–335.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Whitaker, D.L. and Edwards, J. (2010) Sphagnum moss disperses spores with vortex rings. Science (New York, N.Y.), 329, 406.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Durack, P.J., Wijffels, S.E. and Matear, R.J. (2012) Ocean salinities reveal strong global water cycle intensification during 1950 to 2000. Science (New York, N.Y.), 336, 455–458.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Bai, Y., Wu, H., Wu, R., Zhang, Y., Deng, N., Yu, Z., et al. (2014) Study of multi-level characteristics for 3D vertical resistive switching memory. Scientific reports, 4, 5780.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Caferro, W. (2010) Contesting the Renaissance. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK.

An edited book

1. Lang, R., Hancock, T.B. and Singh, N.N. (eds) (2016) Early Intervention for Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Springer International Publishing, Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Suh, J.M. and Fulginiti, K. (2011) Developing Mathematical Potential in Underrepresented Populations through Problem Solving, Mathematical Discourse and Algebraic Reasoning. In Sriraman, B., Lee, K.H. (eds), The Elements of Creativity and Giftedness in Mathematics. SensePublishers, Rotterdam, pp. 67–79.

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 Journal of Analytical Toxicology.

Blog post

1. Andrew, E. (2015) Stunning, Crystal-Clear Images Of Pluto – But What Do They Mean? IFLScience, September 18, 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/space/stunning-crystal-clear-images-pluto-what-do-they-mean/ (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

1. Government Accountability Office (2016) Information Technology: Federal Agencies Need to Address Aging Legacy Systems. 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

1. Kim, H. (2017) Empathy in the Early Childhood Classroom: Exploring Teachers’ Perceptions, Understanding and Practices. 2017.

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. Harris, G. and Shpigel, B. (2017) Jets Owner Is Appointed Ambassador to Britain. New York Times, January 20, 2017.

In-text citations

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

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	Journal of Analytical Toxicology
Abbreviation	J. Anal. Toxicol.
ISSN (print)	0146-4760
ISSN (online)	1945-2403
Scope	Chemical Health and Safety Analytical Chemistry Environmental Chemistry Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Toxicology