How to format your references using the Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (JSFA). 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

Savage N. Aerodynamics: Vortices and robobees. Nature 521:S64-5 (2015).

A journal article with 2 authors

Hammerl G and Spaldin N. Physics. Shedding light on oxide interfaces. Science 332:922–923 (2011).

A journal article with 3 authors

Labeit A, Peinemann F, and Kedir A. Cervical cancer screening service utilisation in UK. Sci Rep 3:2362 (2013).

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Klein JA, Longo-Guess CM, Rossmann MP, Seburn KL, Hurd RE, Frankel WN, Bronson RT, and Ackerman SL. The harlequin mouse mutation downregulates apoptosis-inducing factor. Nature 419:367–374 (2002).

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Matignon R. Data Mining Using SAS® Enterprise Miner^TM. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.

An edited book

Michelsen J. Service Virtualization: Reality is Overrated. English J, ed. Berkeley, CA: Apress; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Vasileva-Stojanovska T and Trajkovik V. Modeling a Quality of Experience Aware Distance Educational System. In: Trajkovik V, Anastas M, eds. ICT Innovations 2013: ICT Innovations and Education Heidelberg: Springer International Publishing; p. 45–55 2014.

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 the Science of Food and Agriculture.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. There’s A Bunch Of Hidden Easter Eggs Inside The Source Code For The Apollo 11 Mission. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/space/apollo-source-code-reveals-hidden-jokes/ [30 October 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. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Strategic Planning Needed to Better Manage Overlapping Programs across Multiple Agencies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 JanReport No.: GAO-12-108.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Quick TD. Faith-based charter school success at education ground zero [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 2012.

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

Crow K. An Old Friend Returns, Herbs and Fruit In Hand. New York Times :146 (2003).

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 the Science of Food and Agriculture
ISSN (print)	0022-5142
ISSN (online)	1097-0010
Scope