How to format your references using the Zoosystematics and Evolution citation style

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

Chin JW (2012) Molecular biology. Reprogramming the genetic code. Science (New York, N.Y.) 336: 428–429.

A journal article with 2 authors

Knutson BA, Hahn S (2011) Yeast Rrn7 and human TAF1B are TFIIB-related RNA polymerase I general transcription factors. Science (New York, N.Y.) 333: 1637–1640.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ooi TL, Wu B, He ZJ (2001) Distance determined by the angular declination below the horizon. Nature 414: 197–200.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Kang JX, Wang J, Wu L, Kang ZB (2004) Transgenic mice: fat-1 mice convert n-6 to n-3 fatty acids. Nature 427: 504.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Jevon P (2012) Paediatric Advanced Life Support. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., West Sussex, UK.

An edited book

Johnston RJ, Rolfe J, Rosenberger RS, Brouwer R (Eds) (2015) 14 Benefit Transfer of Environmental and Resource Values: A Guide for Researchers and Practitioners. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, XXIII, 582 p. 44 illus., 14 illus. in color pp.

A chapter in an edited book

Ito K, Kochiyama T (2014) Does Comprehensive Income Influence Dividends? Empirical Evidence from Japan. In: Ito K, Nakano M (Eds), International Perspectives on Accounting and Corporate Behavior. Advances in Japanese Business and Economics. Springer Japan, Tokyo, 107–125.

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 Zoosystematics and Evolution.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) Soft Robot Keeps Moving, Even After Getting Run Over By A Car. IFLScience.

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 (2000) Joint Strike Fighter Acquisition: Development Schedule Should Be Changed to Reduce Risks. 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

Giles CL (2015) Faculty mentoring of undergraduate students: A qualitative phenomenological study. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix

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

Paulson M (2017) ‘Brilliant,’ 41, And Lost to AIDS: The Theater World Asks Why. New York Times: AR1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Chin 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Knutson and Hahn 2011, Chin 2012).

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

Two authors: (Knutson and Hahn 2011)
Three or more authors: (Kang et al. 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Zoosystematics and Evolution
ISSN (print)	1435-1935
ISSN (online)	1860-0743
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