How to format your references using the Movement Ecology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Movement Ecology. 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

1. Smaglik P. Food for thought. Nature. 2003;423:665.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Hayden MR, Ling V. Michael Smith (1932-2000). Nature. 2000;408:786.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Kanai T, Minemoto S, Sakai H. Quantum interference during high-order harmonic generation from aligned molecules. Nature. 2005;435:470–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Wimberly BT, Brodersen DE, Clemons WM Jr, Morgan-Warren RJ, Carter AP, Vonrhein C, et al. Structure of the 30S ribosomal subunit. Nature. 2000;407:327–39.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Lagraña F. E-mail and Behavioral Changes. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

1. Wiegandt E, editor. Mountains: Sources of Water, Sources of Knowledge. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Zucker KJ. The DSM-5 Diagnostic Criteria for Gender Dysphoria. In: Trombetta C, Liguori G, Bertolotto M, editors. Management of Gender Dysphoria: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Milano: Springer; 2015. p. 33–7.

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 Movement Ecology.

Blog post

1. Andrews R. Researchers Have Found The First Ever Fossilized Dinosaur Brain. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Effectiveness and Management of Neighborhood Youth Corps In-School Program at Three Locations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1972 Oct. Report No.: 089473.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. McKenzie NJ. African/Black psychology: A qualitative investigation of distinguished Black psychologists [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

1. (nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: U.S. Begins Return Of Soviet Documents. New York Times. 2002 Dec 14;A8.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Movement Ecology
Abbreviation	Mov. Ecol.
ISSN (online)	2051-3933
Scope