How to format your references using the Seed Science and Technology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Seed Science 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	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

Wood, S.N. (2010) Statistical inference for noisy nonlinear ecological dynamic systems. Nature, 466, 1102–1104.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ruskov, R. and Tahan, C. (2014) Quantum Processing. Catching the quantum sound wave. Science (New York, N.Y.), 346, 165–166.

A journal article with 3 authors

Fradkin, E., Kivelson, S.A. and Oganesyan, V. (2007) Physics. Electron nematic phase in a transition metal oxide. Science (New York, N.Y.), 315, 196–197.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Chen, J.-Y., Bottjer, D.J., Oliveri, P., Dornbos, S.Q., Gao, F., Ruffins, S., Chi, H., Li, C.-W. and Davidson, E.H. (2004) Small bilaterian fossils from 40 to 55 million years before the cambrian. Science (New York, N.Y.), 305, 218–222.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Minuth, W.W., Strehl, R. and Schumacher, K. (2005) Tissue Engineering. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim, FRG.

An edited book

Venkateswar, S. and Bandyopadhyay, S. (eds). (2016) Globalisation and the Challenges of Development in Contemporary India., 1st ed. 2016. Springer, Singapore.

A chapter in an edited book

Mautone, S., Belluardo, S., Di Paola, V., Romano, L., Foti, G., Manfredi, R. and Mucelli, R.P. (2015) Endometriosis. In MRI of the Female and Male Pelvis (eds. R. Manfredi & R. Pozzi Mucelli), pp. 69–95, Springer International Publishing, Cham.

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 Seed Science and Technology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2016) A ‘Sixth Sense’ For Humidity Helps Insects Stay Out Of Climatic Trouble.IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/sixth-sense-humidity-helps-insects-stay-out-climatic-trouble/ [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. (2014) Small Business Innovation Research: Change in Program Eligibility Has Had Little Impact. 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

Lauterbach, J.R. (2017) Golf in the Collective: Playing in Liminal Space. Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria, CA.

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

Kelly, C. (2017) Vape Shops Fear Effects Of New F.D.A. Rules. New York Times, B5.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Wood, 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Wood, 2010; Ruskov and Tahan, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Ruskov and Tahan, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Chen et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Seed Science and Technology
ISSN (print)	0251-0952
ISSN (online)	1819-5717
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