How to format your references using the AIMS Agriculture and Food citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for AIMS Agriculture and Food. 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 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

Owens IPF (2002) Ecology and evolution. Sex differences in mortality rate. Science 297: 2008–2009.

A journal article with 2 authors

Coates JC, de Bono M (2002) Antagonistic pathways in neurons exposed to body fluid regulate social feeding in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature 419: 925–929.

A journal article with 3 authors

Foran E, Weiner S, Fine M (2013) Biogenic fish-gut calcium carbonate is a stable amorphous phase in the gilt-head seabream, Sparus aurata. Sci Rep 3: 1700.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Rottmann M, McNamara C, Yeung BKS, et al. (2010) Spiroindolones, a potent compound class for the treatment of malaria. Science 329: 1175–1180.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bard J, Kovarik VJ Jr (2007) Software Defined Radio, Chichester, UK, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Booth A, Brown SL, Landale NS, et al. (Eds.) (2012) Early Adulthood in a Family Context, New York, NY, Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Perez-Felkner L (2013) Socialization in Childhood and Adolescence, In: DeLamater J, Ward A (Eds.), Handbook of Social Psychology, Dordrecht, Springer Netherlands, 119–149.

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 AIMS Agriculture and Food.

Blog post

Andrew E (2015) IFLScience, Why This Researcher Hunted For Scientists With Chests Narrower Than 18 Centimeters, 2015. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/amazing-story-finding-homo-naledi/.

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 (2012) Planning and Flexibility Are Key to Effectively Deploying Broadband Conduit through Federal Highway Projects, 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

Astorga J (2012) Mentoring program for emancipated foster youth: A grant proposal.

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

Saslow L (2007) 14,000 Sq. Ft., Shady Past, All for Just $8.3 Million. New York Times 14LI2.

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	AIMS Agriculture and Food
ISSN (online)	2471-2086
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