How to format your references using the Pesticides, People and Nature citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Pesticides, People and Nature (PPN). 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

Norreys PA. Physics. Controlling implosion symmetry around a deuterium-tritium target. Science. 2010 Mar 5;327(5970):1208–10.

A journal article with 2 authors

Parvatiyar K, Harhaj EW. Cell signaling. Anchors away for ubiquitin chains. Science. 2010 Jun 4;328(5983):1244–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ma H, Aihara K, Chen L. Detecting causality from nonlinear dynamics with short-term time series. Sci Rep. 2014 Dec 12;4:7464.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kolesnychenko OY, de Kort R, Katsnelson MI, Lichtenstein AI, van Kempen H. Real-space imaging of an orbital Kondo resonance on the Cr(001) surface. Nature. 2002 Jan 31;415(6871):507–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Manuele FA. On the Practice of Safety. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

Gilbert JK, editor. Visualization in Science Education. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2005. XXXIX, 346 p. (Models and Modeling in Science Education; vol. 1).

A chapter in an edited book

Ho-Yan B, Lubitz WD, Ehlers C, Hertlein J. Field Investigations in Cameroon Towards a More Appropriate Design of a Renewable Energy Pico Hydro System for Rural Electrification. In: Bolay JC, Hostettler S, Hazboun E, editors. Technologies for Sustainable Development: A Way to Reduce Poverty? Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 43–56.

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 Pesticides, People and Nature.

Blog post

Davis J. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Japanese Zoo Culls 57 Snow Monkeys Due To Mixed Genes From “Invasive Alien Species.” Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/japanese-zoo-culls-57-snow-monkeys-due-to-mixed-genes-from-invasive-alien-species/

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 Runway and Ramp Safety: Sustained Efforts to Address Leadership, Technology, and Other Challenges Needed to Reduce Accidents and Incidents. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007 Nov. Report No.: GAO-08-29.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Randall SL. Psychologists’ use of, familiarity, and comfort with Alcoholics Anonymous Slogans in psychotherapy [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 2010.

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

Wagner J. Nationals Stage a Late Comeback, Perhaps Exorcising Some Demons. New York Times. 2017 Oct 8;SP2.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Pesticides, People and Nature
ISSN (print)	1520-9350
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