How to format your references using the Taxon citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Taxon. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Kramer, M. 2009. Astronomy. Extreme spinning tops. Science 324: 1396–1397.

A journal article with 2 authors

Johnston, R.J., Jr, & Desplan, C. 2014. Interchromosomal communication coordinates intrinsically stochastic expression between alleles. Science 343: 661–665.

A journal article with 3 authors

Körtner, G., Brigham, R.M., & Geiser, F. 2000. Winter torpor in a large bird. Nature 407: 318.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Lin, Y., Skaff, H., Emrick, T., Dinsmore, A.D., & Russell, T.P. 2003. Nanoparticle assembly and transport at liquid-liquid interfaces. Science 299: 226–229.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Adam, C. 2016. Forensic Evidence in Court. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Torriero, A.A.J. (ed.). 2015. Electrochemistry in Ionic Liquids: Volume 1: Fundamentals. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Zhang, Y. 2015. Characteristics of Mobile Teaching and Learning. Pp. 11–28 in: Y. (aimee) Zhang (ed.), Handbook of Mobile Teaching and Learning. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

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 Taxon.

Blog post

Andrew, E. 2015, February 23. Here’s What Happens To Your Brain When You Give Up Sugar For Lent. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/here-s-what-happens-your-brain-when-you-give-sugar-lent/ (accessed 30 Oct 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. 1997. DFAS Telecommunications: DFAS Has the Opportunity To Reduce Its Telecommunication Line Capacity. No. AIMD-97-100. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hernandez, L. 2009. A culturally sensitive mentorship program for foster youth: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation. Long Beach, CA: California State University, Long Beach.

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

Brantley, B. 2017, May 11. Marriage, That Cozy Battlefield. New York Times, p. C1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Kramer, 2009).
This sentence cites two references (Kramer, 2009; Johnston & Desplan, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Johnston & Desplan, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Lin & al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Taxon
Abbreviation	Taxon
ISSN (print)	0040-0262
ISSN (online)	1996-8175
Scope	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Plant Science