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] Mellars, P. Neanderthals and the modern human colonization of Europe. Nature 2004, 432(7016), 461–465.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1] Freeman, M.R.; Choi, B.C. Advances in magnetic microscopy. Science 2001, 294(5546), 1484–1488.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1] Olveczky, B.P.; Baccus, S.A.; Meister, M. Segregation of object and background motion in the retina. Nature 2003, 423(6938), 401–408.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1] Gales, N.J.; Kasuya, T.; Clapham, P.J.; Brownell, R.L., Jr. Japan’s whaling plan under scrutiny. Nature 2005, 435(7044), 883–884.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1] Sue, D.W. Overcoming Our Racism. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2003.

An edited book

[1] Balaji, V. Earth System Modelling - Volume 4: IO and Postprocessing. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013; XIII, 58 p. 6 illus., 2 illus. in color pp.

A chapter in an edited book

[1] Hofmann, E.; Beck, P.; Füger, E. CM3: Supplier Segmentation and Supply Strategy. In The Supply Chain Differentiation Guide: A Roadmap to Operational Excellence; Beck, P., Füger, E., Eds.Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013; 107–123.

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] Andrew, E. What Does Pi Sound Like? https://www.iflscience.com/technology/what-does-pi-sound/ (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. Amtrak: Limited Income From the Revenue Enhancement Program. 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1] Peterson, N.R. Subspecies Composition, Genetic Variation and Structure of Largemouth Bass in Puerto Rico Reservoirs. Doctoral dissertation, 2015.

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] Loomis, G. Baroque Opera at the Ambronay Festival. New York Times. , 0. 2012.

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