How to format your references using the Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A. 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] Wilkinson, D.M. Let’s get the right man in the right job. Nature 2000, 406(6799), 933.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1] Yang, G.; Zhou, L. Zwitterionic versus canonical amino acids over the various defects in zeolites: a two-layer ONIOM calculation. Sci. Rep. 2014, 4, 6594.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1] Yonekura, K.; Maki-Yonekura, S.; Namba, K. Complete atomic model of the bacterial flagellar filament by electron cryomicroscopy. Nature 2003, 424(6949), 643–650.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1] Raisbeck, G.M.; Yiou, F.; Cattani, O.; Jouzel, J. 10Be evidence for the Matuyama-Brunhes geomagnetic reversal in the EPICA Dome C ice core. Nature 2006, 444(7115), 82–84.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1] Prud’Homme, R. Flows and Chemical Reactions in an Electromagnetic Field. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2014.

An edited book

[1] Spyns, P.; Odijk, J. (Eds). Essential Speech and Language Technology for Dutch: Results by the STEVIN-programme. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013; XVII, 413 p. 79 illus., 29 illus. in color pp.

A chapter in an edited book

[1] Kim, S.W.; Sarte, M.A. Management of Sleep Disorders – Sleep Technology on Surgical Concepts and Instruments. In Introduction to Modern Sleep Technology; Chiang, R.P.-Y., Kang, S.-C. (jessy), Eds.Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2012; 71–103.

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 Science and Health, Part A.

Blog post

[1] Davis, J. Scientists Think They Have Figured Out How Stress Can Increase Heart Attack Risk. (accessed Oct. 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

[1] Government Accountability Office. [Comments on Sequesterability of Railroad Supplemental Annuity Pension Fund]. 1988.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1] Gonzales, R.A. Health Care Team Effectiveness: The Relationship between Team Task Interdependence and Group Emotional Competence. Doctoral dissertation, 2010.

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] Walsh, M.W. After a Pension Fraud Case, Wondering Who’s Up Next. New York Times. , B1. 2010.

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 Environmental Science and Health, Part A
Abbreviation	J. Environ. Sci. Health A Tox. Hazard. Subst. Environ. Eng.
ISSN (print)	1093-4529
ISSN (online)	1532-4117
Scope	Environmental Engineering General Medicine