How to format your references using the Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology. 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. Wang Q. China has the capacity to lead in carbon trading. Nature. 2013;493:273.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Losick R, Desplan C. Stochasticity and cell fate. Science. 2008;320:65–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Hashiyama K, Hayashi Y, Kobayashi S. Drosophila Sex lethal gene initiates female development in germline progenitors. Science. 2011;333:885–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Choudhary C, Kumar C, Gnad F, Nielsen ML, Rehman M, Walther TC, et al. Lysine acetylation targets protein complexes and co-regulates major cellular functions. Science. 2009;325:834–40.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Jacobsson M, Niemegeers I, Heemstra de Groot S. Personal Networks. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2010.

An edited book

1. Gupta HK, editor. Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Krüger R, Stumpf A. Understanding Growth Barriers. In: Stumpf A, editor. Brand Growth Barriers: Identify, Understand, and Overcome Them. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 51–74.

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 Animal Science and Biotechnology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Maimed Toucan Set To Receive 3D Printed Beak [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/maimed-toucan-attacked-youths-set-receive-3d-printed-beak/

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. Federal Trust and Other Earmarked Funds: Answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Jan. Report No.: GAO-01-199SP.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Seegmiller Renner A. Empathy Development Through Role Modeling: A Qualitative Study of Instructor Experiences [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 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. Kenigsberg B. Lost in Paris. New York Times. 2017 Jun 15;C7.

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	Journal of Animal Science and Biotechnology
Abbreviation	J. Anim. Sci. Biotechnol.
ISSN (online)	2049-1891
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology Food Science Biochemistry Biotechnology