How to format your references using the Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology. 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

Ramirez, A.P., 2003. Geometric frustration: Magic moments. Nature 421, 483.

A journal article with 2 authors

Pope, B.D., Gilbert, D.M., 2014. Genetics: Up and down in Down’s syndrome. Nature 508, 323–324.

A journal article with 3 authors

Abu-Raddad, L.J., Patnaik, P., Kublin, J.G., 2006. Dual infection with HIV and malaria fuels the spread of both diseases in sub-Saharan Africa. Science 314, 1603–1606.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Ellis, C.T., Stier, A.V., Kim, M.-H., Tischler, J.G., Glaser, E.R., Myers-Ward, R.L., Tedesco, J.L., Eddy, C.R., Jr, Gaskill, D.K., Cerne, J., 2013. Magneto-optical fingerprints of distinct graphene multilayers using the giant infrared Kerr effect. Sci. Rep. 3, 3143.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hauser, G., 2008. Hygienegerechte Apparate Und Anlagen. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH, D-69451 Weinheim, Germany.

An edited book

Diodato, N., Bellocchi, G. (Eds.), 2014. Storminess and Environmental Change: Climate Forcing and Responses in the Mediterranean Region, Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht.

A chapter in an edited book

Sirenko, Y.K., Ström, S., 2010. Modeling and Analysis of Transients in Periodic Structures: Fully Absorbing Boundaries for 2-D Open Problems, in: Sirenko, Yuriy K., Ström, S. (Eds.), Modern Theory of Gratings: Resonant Scattering: Analysis Techniques and Phenomena, Springer Series in Optical Sciences. Springer, New York, NY, pp. 211–333.

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 Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2015. Improved Anti-HIV Antibodies Created Through Genetic Engineering [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/improved-anti-hiv-antibodies-created-through-genetic-engineering/ (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 2004. Maritime Law Exemption: Exemption Provides Limited Competitive Advantage, but Barriers to Further Entry under U.S. Flag Remain (No. GAO-04-421). U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lucas, M.A., 2017. Bridging the Gap Between Schools and Families Through Teacher Home Visits (Doctoral dissertation). Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO.

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

McKINLEY, J.C., Jr, 2017. Man Convicted of Murder in Patz Case Is Sentenced to 25 Years to Life. New York Times A21.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Ramirez, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Pope and Gilbert, 2014; Ramirez, 2003).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Pope and Gilbert, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Ellis et al., 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Pesticide Biochemistry and Physiology
Abbreviation	Pestic. Biochem. Physiol.
ISSN (print)	0048-3575
Scope	Agronomy and Crop Science Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis General Medicine