How to format your references using the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Raffles Bulletin of Zoology (RBZ). 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

Stratton MR (2011) Exploring the genomes of cancer cells: progress and promise. Science (New York, N.Y.), 331(6024): 1553–1558.

A journal article with 2 authors

Euston DR & Steenland HW (2014) Neuroscience. Memories--getting wired during sleep. Science (New York, N.Y.), 344(6188): 1087–1088.

A journal article with 3 authors

Van Hoof C, Baert K & Witvrouw A (2004) Physics. The best materials for tiny, clever sensors. Science (New York, N.Y.), 306(5698): 986–987.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Rihel J, Prober DA, Arvanites A, Lam K, Zimmerman S, Jang S, Haggarty SJ, Kokel D, Rubin LL, Peterson RT & Schier AF (2010) Zebrafish behavioral profiling links drugs to biological targets and rest/wake regulation. Science (New York, N.Y.), 327(5963): 348–351.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Sauter M (2013) 3G, 4G and Beyond-Bringing Networks, Devices and the Web Together. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.

An edited book

Czarnowski I, Caballero AM, Howlett RJ & Jain LC (eds.) (2016) Intelligent Decision Technologies 2016: Proceedings of the 8th KES International Conference on Intelligent Decision Technologies (KES-IDT 2016) – Part II. Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. Springer International Publishing, Cham, Volume 57, XVI, 480 p. 135 illus p.

A chapter in an edited book

Fredriksson O & Ljung L (2011) Modern Enterprise Systems as Enablers of Agile Development. In: W. W. Song, S. Xu, C. Wan, Y. Zhong, W. Wojtkowski, G. Wojtkowski, & H. Linger (eds.), Information Systems Development: Asian Experiences. Springer, New York, NY, pp. 41–53.

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 Raffles Bulletin of Zoology.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014, November 13) Eerie Sound Detected Coming From Rosetta’s Comet. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/rosetta-s-comet-sounds-lot-predator/. (Accessed 30 October 2018).

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 (2005) 21st Century Challenges: Reexamining the Base of the Federal Government. No. GAO-05-325SP. 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

Roy R (2013) ‘Jagoron: Awakening’ to Gender in Non Governmental Organizations in Contemporary Bengal. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

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

Davey M & Walsh MW (2013, March 12) For Detroit, a Crisis Born of Bad Decisions and Crossed Fingers. New York Times, p. A1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Stratton, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Stratton, 2011; Euston & Steenland, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Euston & Steenland, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Rihel et al., 2010)

About the journal

Full journal title	Raffles Bulletin of Zoology
ISSN (print)	0217-2445
ISSN (online)	2345-7600
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