How to format your references using the Journal of Environmental Engineering citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Environmental Engineering. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Omichinski, J. G. 2007. “Biochemistry. Toward methylmercury bioremediation.” Science (New York, N.Y.), 317 (5835): 205–206.

A journal article with 2 authors

Churchman, L. S., and J. S. Weissman. 2011. “Nascent transcript sequencing visualizes transcription at nucleotide resolution.” Nature, 469 (7330): 368–373.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bali, E., A. Audétat, and H. Keppler. 2013. “Water and hydrogen are immiscible in Earth’s mantle.” Nature, 495 (7440): 220–222.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Zalzman, M., G. Falco, L. V. Sharova, A. Nishiyama, M. Thomas, S.-L. Lee, C. A. Stagg, H. G. Hoang, H.-T. Yang, F. E. Indig, R. P. Wersto, and M. S. H. Ko. 2010. “Zscan4 regulates telomere elongation and genomic stability in ES cells.” Nature, 464 (7290): 858–863.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Vegh, A. 2010. Web Development with the Mac®. Indianapolis, IN, USA: Wiley Publishing, Inc.

An edited book

Shute, V. J., and B. J. Becker, eds. 2010. Innovative Assessment for the 21st Century: Supporting Educational Needs. Boston, MA: Springer US.

A chapter in an edited book

Roussak, O. V., and H. D. Gesser. 2013. “Alternate Fuels.” Applied Chemistry: A Textbook for Engineers and Technologists, edited by H. D. Gesser, 71–83. Boston, MA: Springer US.

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 Environmental Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2015. “Alcohol Guidelines Ignore How People Drink – That’s Why They’re Not Heeded.” IFLScience. IFLScience. 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

Government Accountability Office. 2012. Aviation Safety: FAA Is Taking Steps to Improve Data, but Challenges for Managing Safety Risks Remain. 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

Sydow, K. 2010. “A life review and Memory Album program to enhance family communication in assisted living.” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach.

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. 2016. “Harshing the Mellow of Angsty Hipsters.” New York Times, September 15, 2016.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Omichinski 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Churchman and Weissman 2011; Omichinski 2007).

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

Two authors: (Churchman and Weissman 2011)
Three or more authors: (Zalzman et al. 2010)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Environmental Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Environ. Eng. (New York)
ISSN (print)	0733-9372
ISSN (online)	1943-7870
Scope	Civil and Structural Engineering General Environmental Science Environmental Chemistry Environmental Engineering