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] Childress, L. Physics. Diamond dynamics under control. Science 2014, 345(6202), 1247–1248.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1] Weis, V.M.; Allemand, D. Physiology. What determines coral health? Science 2009, 324(5931), 1153–1155.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1] Wang, L.; Baade, D.; Patat, F. Spectropolarimetric diagnostics of thermonuclear supernova explosions. Science 2007, 315(5809), 212–214.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1] Li, X.; An, L.; Chen, X.; Zhang, N.; Xia, D.; Huang, W.; Chu, W.; Wu, Z. Durability enhancement of intermetallics electrocatalysts via N-anchor effect for fuel cells. Sci. Rep. 2013, 3, 3234.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1] Raghavan, V. Combustion Technology. John Wiley &;#38; Sons, Ltd: Chichester, UK, 2016.

An edited book

[1] Murgante, B.; Gervasi, O.; Iglesias, A.; Taniar, D.; Apduhan, B.O. (Eds). Computational Science and Its Applications - ICCSA 2011: International Conference, Santander, Spain, June 20-23, 2011. Proceedings, Part V. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011; LVIII, 662 p pp.

A chapter in an edited book

[1] Modaressi, H.; Desramaut, N.; Gehl, P. Specification of the Vulnerability of Physical Systems. In SYNER-G: Systemic Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment of Complex Urban, Utility, Lifeline Systems and Critical Facilities: Methodology and Applications; Pitilakis, K., Franchin, P., Khazai, B., Wenzel, H., Eds.Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2014; 131–184.

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] Hamilton, K. The Largest Living Thing On Earth Is Mostly Hidden From View. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/the-largest-living-thing-on-earth-is-mostly-hidden-from-view/ (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. National Transportation Safety Board: Weak Internal Control Impaired Financial Accountability. 2001.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1] Humphreys, B.P. The Role of Developmental Screening Practices in Early Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Analysis of All-Payer Claims Data in New Hampshire. Doctoral dissertation, 2013.

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] Gurley, G. Losing Her Friends for the Love of Trump. New York Times. , D1. 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

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