How to format your references using the Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part B 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 B. 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] Golbeck, J. Computer science. Weaving a Web of trust. Science 2008, 321(5896), 1640–1641.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1] Gray, R.D.; Jordan, F.M. Language trees support the express-train sequence of Austronesian expansion. Nature 2000, 405(6790), 1052–1055.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1] Dunham, E.M.; Favreau, P.; Carlson, J.M. A supershear transition mechanism for cracks. Science 2003, 299(5612), 1557–1559.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1] Pál, C.; Papp, B.; Lercher, M.J.; Csermely, P.; Oliver, S.G.; Hurst, L.D. Chance and necessity in the evolution of minimal metabolic networks. Nature 2006, 440(7084), 667–670.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1] Dmytryk, R. Wildlife Search and Rescue. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, 2011.

An edited book

[1] Terazima, M.; Kataoka, M.; Ueoka, R.; Okamoto, Y. (Eds). Molecular Science of Fluctuations Toward Biological Functions. Springer Japan: Tokyo, 2016; XII, 270 p. 112 illus., 39 illus. in color pp.

A chapter in an edited book

[1] Smirnov, A.; Kashevnik, A.; Shilov, N.; Oliver, I.; Balandin, S.; Boldyrev, S. Anonymous Agent Coordination in Smart Spaces: State-of-the-Art. In Smart Spaces and Next Generation Wired/Wireless Networking: 9th International Conference, NEW2AN 2009 and Second Conference on Smart Spaces, RuSMART 2009, St. Petersburg, Russia, September 15-18, 2009. Proceedings; Balandin, S., Moltchanov, D., Koucheryavy, Y., Eds.Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2009; 42–51.

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 B.

Blog post

[1] Carpineti, A. There’s Going To Be A Rare “Strawberry Moon” Tonight. https://www.iflscience.com/space/theres-going-to-be-a-rare-strawberry-moon-tonight/ (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. Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Did Not Fully Disclose Uses of Personal Information During Secure Flight Program Testing in Initial Privacy Notes, but Has Recently Taken Steps to More Fully Inform the Public. 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1] Landry, C. A Phenomenological Investigation of the Factors That Influence Motivation, Recruitment and Retention of Volunteers Age 65 and Over. Doctoral dissertation, 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] Shpigel, B. Soccer Gets a Second Look. New York Times. , B8. 2017.

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 B
Abbreviation	J. Environ. Sci. Health B
ISSN (print)	0360-1234
ISSN (online)	1532-4109
Scope	Food Science Pollution General Medicine