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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Environmental Quality. 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

Yakir, D. 2002. Global enzymes: sphere of influence. Nature 416(6883): 795.

A journal article with 2 authors

Schiermeier, Q., and R. Wegner. 2002. Foreign researchers turn their backs on Germany. Nature 415(6875): 945.

A journal article with 3 authors

Cubrović, M., J. Zaanen, and K. Schalm. 2009. String theory, quantum phase transitions, and the emergent Fermi liquid. Science 325(5939): 439–444.

A journal article with 6 or more authors

Zhang, H.-T., Z. Chen, T. Vicsek, G. Feng, L. Sun, et al. 2014. Route-dependent switch between hierarchical and egalitarian strategies in pigeon flocks. Sci. Rep. 4: 5805.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Vignes, A. 2013. Extractive Metallurgy 1. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Salandro, W.A. 2015. Electrically Assisted Forming: Modeling and Control (J.J. Jones, C. Bunget, L. Mears, and J.T. Roth, editors). Springer International Publishing, Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

Terruzzi, I. 2012. Gene Polymorphisms and Athletic Performance. In: Luzi, L., editor, Cellular Physiology and Metabolism of Physical Exercise. Springer, Milano. p. 23–31

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 Quality.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2016. Testing Drugs On Animals Could Soon Be A Thing Of The Past. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/testing-drugs-animals-could-soon-be-thing-past/ (accessed 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

Government Accountability Office. 1991. Student Aid Information and Private Tuition-Guarantee Programs. 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

Rodriguez, E.P. 2014. Curriculum development for nursing assistants: Pressure ulcer prevention module.

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

Cardwell, D., and J. Schwartz. 2017. Exxon’s Accounting of Its Emissions Costs ‘May Be a Sham,’ New York State Says. New York Times: B6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Yakir, 2002).
This sentence cites two references (Schiermeier and Wegner, 2002; Yakir, 2002).

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

Two authors: (Schiermeier and Wegner, 2002)
Three or more authors: (Zhang et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Environmental Quality
Abbreviation	J. Environ. Qual.
ISSN (print)	0047-2425
ISSN (online)	1537-2537
Scope	Environmental Engineering Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Pollution Waste Management and Disposal Water Science and Technology