How to format your references using the Journal of Medical Entomology citation style

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

Maddox B. 2003. The double helix and the “wronged heroine.” Nature. 421(6921):407–408.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lerner J, Tirole J. 2014. Intellectual property. A better route to tech standards. Science. 343(6174):972–973.

A journal article with 3 authors

Beldade P, Koops K, Brakefield PM. 2002. Developmental constraints versus flexibility in morphological evolution. Nature. 416(6883):844–847.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Chen B, Eddaoudi M, Hyde ST, et al. 2001. Interwoven metal-organic framework on a periodic minimal surface with extra-large pores. Science. 291(5506):1021–1023.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hunt PJ, Kennedy JE. 2005. Financial Derivatives in Theory and Practice: Hunt/Financial Derivatives. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd (Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics).

An edited book

Das KN, Deep K, Pant M, et al., editors. 2015. Proceedings of Fourth International Conference on Soft Computing for Problem Solving: SocProS 2014, Volume 1. New Delhi: Springer India (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing). XIII, 634 p. 278 illus p.

A chapter in an edited book

Mendonça JT, Terças H. 2013. Atomic Clouds. In: Terças H, editor. Physics of Ultra-Cold Matter: Atomic Clouds, Bose-Einstein Condensates and Rydberg Plasmas. New York, NY: Springer. (Springer Series on Atomic, Optical, and Plasma Physics). p. 63–88.

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 Medical Entomology.

Blog post

Hale T. 2016 Nov 11. This Web Tool Uses Your Social Media Activity To Predict Your Past, Present, And Future. IFLScience. Available from https://www.iflscience.com/technology/this-web-tool-uses-your-social-media-activity-to-predict-your-past-present-and-future/.

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. 2017. Commercial Space Launch Insurance: Weakness in FAA’s Insurance Calculation May Expose the Federal Government to Excess Risk. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office Report No.: GAO-17-366.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Liggins J. 2012. Self-concept education as a motivator of life effectiveness [Doctoral dissertation]. Malibu, CA: Pepperdine 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

Pilon M. 2012 Nov 8. Slugger’s Penalty Includes a Walk Through History. New York Times.:B11.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Maddox, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Maddox, 2003; Lerner and Tirole, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Lerner and Tirole, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Chen et al., 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Medical Entomology
Abbreviation	J. Med. Entomol.
ISSN (print)	0022-2585
ISSN (online)	1938-2928
Scope	Insect Science Parasitology Infectious Diseases General Veterinary