How to format your references using the Lab Animal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Lab Animal. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Smaglik, P. Bricks & mortar: Lancaster Environment Centre. Nature 427, 270 (2004).

A journal article with 2 authors

Catania, K. C. & Remple, F. E. Asymptotic prey profitability drives star-nosed moles to the foraging speed limit. Nature 433, 519–522 (2005).

A journal article with 3 authors

Politi, A., Matthews, J. C. F. & O’Brien, J. L. Shor’s quantum factoring algorithm on a photonic chip. Science 325, 1221 (2009).

A journal article with 6 or more authors

Suematsu, S. et al. Effects of barley chromosome addition to wheat on behavior and development of Locusta migratoria nymphs. Sci. Rep. 3, 2577 (2013).

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bachmann, H. & Steinle, A. Precast Concrete Structures. (Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG, 2012).

An edited book

Bello, D. J. Strength and Stiffness of Engineering Systems. (Springer US, 2009).

A chapter in an edited book

Deckert, M., Moon, C. & Le Bras, S. The Immunological Synapse and Rho GTPases. in Bacterial Virulence Factors and Rho GTPases (eds. Boquet, P. & Lemichez, E.) 61–90 (Springer, 2005).

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 Lab Animal.

Blog post

Andrew, E. A 1.8 million year old skull indicates there may have been just one human species on Earth at that time. IFLScience https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/18-million-year-old-skull-indicates-there-may-have-been-just-one-human-species/ (2013).

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. Reorganization of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s Western Test Range at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. (1977).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Wright, J. L. Shade Tolerance and Physiological Response to Light Regime of the Invasive Species Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle). (Southern Illinois University, 2015).

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

Eligon, J. & Smith, M. Woman Shot by Minneapolis Officer ‘Didn’t Have to Die,’ Police Chief Says. New York Times A13 (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	Lab Animal
Abbreviation	Lab Anim. (NY)
ISSN (print)	0093-7355
ISSN (online)	1548-4475
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology General Veterinary

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