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. Hernanz M. Astrophysics: A lithium-rich stellar explosion. Nature. 2015;518:307–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Schwämmle V, Herrmann HJ. Geomorphology: solitary wave behaviour of sand dunes. Nature. 2003;426:619–20.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Tahir M, Sabeeh K, Schwingenschlögl U. Quantum capacitance of an ultrathin topological insulator film in a magnetic field. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1261.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kamei M, Saunders WB, Bayless KJ, Dye L, Davis GE, Weinstein BM. Endothelial tubes assemble from intracellular vacuoles in vivo. Nature. 2006;442:453–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Yanni SB. Translational ADMET for Drug Therapy. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

1. Mazzola G. All About Music: The Complete Ontology: Realities, Semiotics, Communication, and Embodiment. Mannone M, Pang Y, O’Brien M, Torunsky N, editors. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Robbins CA. Case 15: Correction of Post-infectious Partial Proximal Tibia Growth Arrest with Taylor Spatial Frame in a Child. In: Rozbruch SR, Hamdy RC, editors. Limb Lengthening and Reconstruction Surgery Case Atlas: Pediatric Deformity. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 107–12.

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. Davis J. Secret Meeting Of Scientists To Discuss Creating Synthetic Human Genome Fuels Speculation [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/secret-meeting-scientists-discuss-creating-synthetic-human-genome-fuels/

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. The Education of the New Public Executive. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1978 Jul. Report No.: 095393.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ramos CM. Is this working? A study on measuring the effectiveness of efforts to diversify the theatre management field [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2017.

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. Wagner J. Once ‘All In,’ Mets Are More Than 10 Games Out at the All-Star Break. New York Times. 2017 Jul 10;D5.

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