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

Fitch, T. Journal Club. A Cognitive Biologist Foresees Breakthroughs in Understanding Vocal Learning. Nature 2010, 466, 163.

A journal article with 2 authors

Philip, N.; Waters, A.P. Microbiology. Unveiling the Malaria Parasite’s Cloak of Invisibility? Science 2013, 340, 936–937.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bino, A.; Ardon, M.; Shirman, E. Formation of a Carbon-Carbon Triple Bond by Coupling Reactions in Aqueous Solution. Science 2005, 308, 234–235.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Edwards, A.O.; Ritter, R., 3rd; Abel, K.J.; Manning, A.; Panhuysen, C.; Farrer, L.A. Complement Factor H Polymorphism and Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Science 2005, 308, 421–424.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Reinhardt, H.-W. Ingenieurbaustoffe; Ernst & Sohn Verlag für Architektur und technische Wissenschaften GmbH & Co. KG: Berlin, Germany, 2010; ISBN 9783433600511.

An edited book

Othieno, H. Energy Resources in Africa: Distribution, Opportunities and Challenges; Awange, J., Ed.; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2016; ISBN 9783319251851.

A chapter in an edited book

Dietrich, K.; Winter, J.; Luzhnica, G.; Podesser, S. Implementation Aspects of Anonymous Credential Systems for Mobile Trusted Platforms. In Communications and Multimedia Security: 12th IFIP TC 6 / TC 11 International Conference, CMS 2011, Ghent, Belgium, October 19-21,2011. Proceedings; Decker, B.D., Lapon, J., Naessens, V., Uhl, A., Eds.; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011; pp. 45–58 ISBN 9783642247118.

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

Carpineti, A. A Planet Is Being Devoured By Its Young Star (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 Public Assistance: PARIS Project Can Help States Reduce Improper Benefit Payments; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2001;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Tchen, Y. An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Mandatory Reporting of Health Care Associated Infection. 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

Castle, S.; Erlanger, S. British Premier Outlines Path to a Clean Break With the E.U. New York Times 2017, A1.

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