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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Animal Science and Technology. 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. Steinman L. Immune therapy for autoimmune diseases. Science. 2004;305:212–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Chisholm JR, Kelley R. Worms start the reef-building process. Nature. 2001;409:152.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Boyvat M, Hafner C, Leuthold J. Wireless control and selection of forces and torques--towards wireless engines. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5681.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Guo L, Liang P, Zhou X, Gao X. Novel mutations and mutation combinations of ryanodine receptor in a chlorantraniliprole resistant population of Plutella xylostella (L.). Sci Rep. 2014;4:6924.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Duffy DJ. Finite Difference Methods in Financial Engineering. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd; 2006.

An edited book

1. Canbay E. Peritoneal Surface Malignancies: A Curative Approach. Yonemura Y, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Nipkow T, Klein G. Isar: a Language for Structured Proofs. In: Klein G, editor. Concrete Semantics: With Isabelle/HOL. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 53–69.

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 Technology.

Blog post

1. Davis J. Ancient Bird Fossils Reveal What The Arctic May Have Looked Like 90 Million Years Ago [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ancient-bird-fossils-reveal-what-the-arctic-may-have-looked-like-90-million-years-ago/

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. Evaluations of Even Start Family Literacy Program Effectiveness. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000 Mar. Report No.: HEHS-00-58R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ahn M. Student Perception of Language Achievement and Learner Autonomy in a Blended Korean Language Course: The Case Study of Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center [Doctoral dissertation]. [Scottsdale, AZ]: Northcentral 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. Film Series. New York Times. 2017 Oct 6;C25.

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 Technology
Abbreviation	J. Anim. Sci. Technol.
ISSN (online)	2055-0391
Scope