How to format your references using the Journal of Applied Animal Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Applied Animal Research. 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	Download the output style file
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

Macilwain C. 2010. Scientists vs engineers: this time it’s financial. Nature. 467(7318):885.

A journal article with 2 authors

Belle MDC, Piggins HD. 2012. Physiology. Circadian time redoxed. Science. 337(6096):805–806.

A journal article with 3 authors

Petrie RJ, Koo H, Yamada KM. 2014. Generation of compartmentalized pressure by a nuclear piston governs cell motility in a 3D matrix. Science. 345(6200):1062–1065.

A journal article with 12 or more authors

Cordenonsi M, Montagner M, Adorno M, Zacchigna L, Martello G, Mamidi A, Soligo S, Dupont S, Piccolo S. 2007. Integration of TGF-beta and Ras/MAPK signaling through p53 phosphorylation. Science. 315(5813):840–843.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Swatton PJ. 2010. Principles of Flight for Pilots. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Miyata T, Eckardt K-U, Nangaku M, editors. 2011. Studies on Renal Disorders. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

A chapter in an edited book

Campioni I, Notarangelo G, Andreaus U, Ventura A, Giacomozzi C. 2013. Hip Prostheses Computational Modeling: FEM Simulations Integrated with Fatigue Mechanical Tests. In: Andreaus U, Iacoviello D, editors. Biomedical Imaging and Computational Modeling in Biomechanics. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; p. 81–108.

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 Applied Animal Research.

Blog post

Fang J. 2014. Scientific Explanations For Halloween Monsters. IFLScience [Internet]. [accessed 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/5-monsters-and-their-not-so-spooky-explanations/

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. 1982. Use of Program Income by Evaluation, Dissemination, and Assessment Centers Supported by OBEMLA. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Peters AS. 2017. Bread and Washoku: Unveiling Japanese Identity Through the Necessity of Bread Baking [Doctoral dissertation]. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University.

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

Poniewozik J, Hale M. 2017. Ahead of Its Time? Let’s Look Back. New York Times.:AR29.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Macilwain 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Macilwain 2010; Belle and Piggins 2012).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Belle and Piggins 2012)
Three or more authors: (Cordenonsi et al. 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Applied Animal Research
Abbreviation	J. Appl. Anim. Res.
ISSN (print)	0971-2119
ISSN (online)	0974-1844
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology General Veterinary