How to format your references using the Postharvest Biology and Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Postharvest Biology and Technology. 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

Al-Gazali, L., 2011. Genome-sequencing anniversary. Human genome sequencing: celebrating 10 years. Science 331, 873.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hannon, G.J., Rossi, J.J., 2004. Unlocking the potential of the human genome with RNA interference. Nature 431, 371–378.

A journal article with 3 authors

Loubeyre, P., Occelli, F., LeToullec, R., 2002. Optical studies of solid hydrogen to 320 GPa and evidence for black hydrogen. Nature 416, 613–617.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Wilkins, C., Dishongh, R., Moore, S.C., Whitt, M.A., Chow, M., Machaca, K., 2005. RNA interference is an antiviral defence mechanism in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 436, 1044–1047.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bisen, P.S., Raghuvanshi, R., 2013. Emerging Epidemics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc, Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

McGeoch, C.C. (Ed.), 2008. Experimental Algorithms: 7th International Workshop, WEA 2008 Provincetown, MA, USA, May 30-June 1, 2008 Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

A chapter in an edited book

Loftis, D.L., Schweitzer, C.J., Keyser, T.L., 2011. Structure and Species Composition of Upland Hardwood Communities After Regeneration Treatments Across Environmental Gradients, in: Greenberg, C., Collins, B., Thompson, F., III (Eds.), Sustaining Young Forest Communities: Ecology and Management of Early Successional Habitats in the Central Hardwood Region, USA, Managing Forest Ecosystems. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp. 59–71.

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 Postharvest Biology and Technology.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2015. We Need To Stop Australia’s Genetic Heritage From Being Taken Overseas [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/we-need-stop-australia-s-genetic-heritage-being-taken-overseas/ (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, 1995. Law Enforcement Block Grant Awards (No. HEHS-95-169R). 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

Wuebbels, P.J., 2014. Effectiveness of Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum on Middle School Reading Comprehension and Preparation for Common Core State Standards (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

Feeney, K., 2007. Hidden Treasures Of the Food Industry. New York Times 14NJ13.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Al-Gazali, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Al-Gazali, 2011; Hannon and Rossi, 2004).

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

Two authors: (Hannon and Rossi, 2004)
Three or more authors: (Wilkins et al., 2005)

About the journal

Full journal title	Postharvest Biology and Technology
Abbreviation	Postharvest Biol. Technol.
ISSN (print)	0925-5214
Scope	Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science Horticulture