How to format your references using the Journal of Equine Veterinary Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Equine Veterinary Science. 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

[1]

Maxmen A. Pharmacogenomics: playing the odds. Nature 2011;474:S9-10.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Galun R, Ole-MoiYoi OK. Obituary: Thomas Risley Odhiambo (1931-2003). Nature 2003;425:142.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Lim HS, Rim YS, Kim HJ. Photoresist-free fully self-patterned transparent amorphous oxide thin-film transistors obtained by sol-gel process. Sci Rep 2014;4:4544.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Zhang W, Wang K, Luo Y, Fang Y, Yan J, Zhang T, et al. Methane uptake in forest soils along an urban-to-rural gradient in Pearl River Delta, South China. Sci Rep 2014;4:5120.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Grous A. Applied Metrology for Manufacturing Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Nixon RA, Yuan A, editors. Cytoskeleton of the Nervous System. vol. 3. New York, NY: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Cayuela A. Vulnerable: To Be Between Life and Death. In: Masferrer A, García-Sánchez E, editors. Human Dignity of the Vulnerable in the Age of Rights: Interdisciplinary Perspectives, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 63–79.

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 Equine Veterinary Science.

Blog post

[1]

Fang J. Even Nicotine-Free E-Cig Vapor Damages Lung Cells. IFLScience 2015.

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. Telecommunications: FCC Needs to Improve Performance Management and Strengthen Oversight of the High-Cost Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Hussmann S. Profiling Drilling Fluid Invasion in Sandstones Using Water Based Muds: Implications for Bridging and Wellbore Strengthening Effects. Doctoral dissertation. University of Louisiana, 2014.

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]

Kelly S. The Canadiens; and Soul Hockey No Politics on Ice Flyers a Different Breed. New York Times 1978:SportsS2.

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 Equine Veterinary Science
Abbreviation	J. Equine Vet. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0737-0806
Scope	Equine

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