How to format your references using the Journal of Forestry Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Forestry Research. 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

Scholz CH (2000) A fault in the “weak San Andreas” theory. Nature 406:234

A journal article with 2 authors

Simpkins PG, Kuck VJ (2000) Air entrapment in coatings by way of a tip-streaming meniscus. Nature 403:641–643

A journal article with 3 authors

Mulepati S, Héroux A, Bailey S (2014) Structural biology. Crystal structure of a CRISPR RNA-guided surveillance complex bound to a ssDNA target. Science 345:1479–1484

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Perea GB, Riekel C, Guinea GV, et al (2013) Identification and dynamics of polyglycine II nanocrystals in Argiope trifasciata flagelliform silk. Sci Rep 3:3061

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kaul S, Ali F, Janakiram S, Wattenström B (2008) Business Models for Sustainable Telecoms Growth in Developing Economies. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK

An edited book

García-Salgado T (ed) (2010) Architecture, Mathematics and Perspective. Birkhäuser, Basel

A chapter in an edited book

Ramar K (2012) Management of Sleep Disorders: CPAP (Continuous Positive Airway Pressure). In: Chiang RP-Y, Kang S-C (jessy) (eds) Introduction to Modern Sleep Technology. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp 51–70

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 Forestry Research.

Blog post

Davis J (2015) FDA Approves First 3D-Printed Drug. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/fda-approves-first-3d-printed-drug/. Accessed 30 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

Government Accountability Office (2008) Runway Safety: Progress on Reducing Runway Incursions Impeded by Leadership, Technology, and Other Challenges. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Wicks CF (2017) The Self-Concept of Students in Remediation in a Rural Community College in Mississippi. Doctoral dissertation, Mississippi State University

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

Greenhouse L (2007) Justices May Rule on Right To ‘Keep and Bear Arms.’ New York Times A2

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Scholz 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Simpkins and Kuck 2000; Scholz 2000).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Simpkins and Kuck 2000)
Three or more authors: (Perea et al. 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Forestry Research
Abbreviation	J. For. Res.
ISSN (print)	1007-662X
ISSN (online)	1993-0607
Scope	Forestry