How to format your references using the Veterinary Sciences citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Veterinary Sciences. 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

Hampshire, V. Poorly Conducted (or Reported) Animal Tests Put Humans at Risk. Nature 2000, 407, 671.

A journal article with 2 authors

Fields, S.; Johnston, M. Cell Biology. Whither Model Organism Research? Science 2005, 307, 1885–1886.

A journal article with 3 authors

Dwyer, M.A.; Looger, L.L.; Hellinga, H.W. Computational Design of a Biologically Active Enzyme. Science 2004, 304, 1967–1971.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Higashida, C.; Miyoshi, T.; Fujita, A.; Oceguera-Yanez, F.; Monypenny, J.; Andou, Y.; Narumiya, S.; Watanabe, N. Actin Polymerization-Driven Molecular Movement of MDia1 in Living Cells. Science 2004, 303, 2007–2010.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Studer, Q. Results That Last; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2007; ISBN 9781118258033.

An edited book

Human Casualties in Earthquakes: Progress in Modelling and Mitigation; Spence, R., So, E., Scawthorn, C., Eds.; Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research; Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht, 2011; Vol. 29; ISBN 9789048194544.

A chapter in an edited book

Güner-Akdogan, G. Postgraduate Education Workshops as a Model of Education and Discussion Platforms. In The Researching, Teaching, and Learning Triangle; Castanho, M.A.R.B., Güner-Akdogan, G., Eds.; Springer: New York, NY, 2012; pp. 35–54 ISBN 9781461405672.

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 Veterinary Sciences.

Blog post

Davis, J. Scientists Develop Self-Healing Airplane Wing Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-develop-self-healing-aeroplane-wing/ (accessed on 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 Academy Preparatory Schools; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1993;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Olch, R. Low Cost/No Cost Quality of Life Programs in Non-Profit Theatre. Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach: Long Beach, CA, 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

Koblin, J. A Ratings Milestone For ‘Game of Thrones.’ New York Times 2017, C3.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	Veterinary Sciences
Abbreviation	Vet. Sci.
ISSN (online)	2306-7381
Scope