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

Prentice IC. Atmospheric science. The burning issue. Science 330:1636–1637 (2010).

A journal article with 2 authors

Geller MR and Zhou Z. Factoring 51 and 85 with 8 qubits. Sci Rep 3:3023 (2013).

A journal article with 3 authors

Baldwin MP, Dameris M, and Shepherd TG. Atmosphere. How will the stratosphere affect climate change? Science 316:1576–1577 (2007).

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Grüninger M, Rückamp R, Windt M, Reutler P, Zobel C, Lorenz T, Freimuth A, and Revcolevschi A. Experimental quest for orbital waves. Nature 418:39–40; discussion 40 (2002).

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Prydie D and Hewitt I. Practical Physiotherapy for Small Animal Practice. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

Dubois E and Pohl K (eds.). Advanced Information Systems Engineering: 18th International Conference, CAiSE 2006, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, June 5-9, 2006. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

Eriksson L, Wahlström J, and Klein M. Physical Modeling of Turbocharged Engines and Parameter Identification. In: Re L del, Allgöwer F, Glielmo L, Guardiola C, Kolmanovsky I, eds. Automotive Model Predictive Control: Models, Methods and Applications London: Springer; p. 53–71 2010.

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

Andrew D. Here’s Why Daylight Saving Time Isn’t Worth The Trouble It Causes. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016. Available: https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/heres-why-daylight-saving-time-isnt-worth-the-trouble-it-causes/ [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. Aviation Security: TSA Has Taken Steps to Improve Oversight of Key Programs, but Additional Actions Are Needed. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015 MayReport No.: GAO-15-559T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Leung R. The Effect of Mission Assurance on ELV Launch Success Rate: An Analysis of Two Management Systems for Launch Vehicles [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 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

Shear MD. Trump Halted Chemical Attack, Officials Say. New York Times :A11 (2017).

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