How to format your references using the Arthropod Management Tests citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Arthropod Management Tests. 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

Nath I. 2008. Obituary: Christopher Curtis (1939-2008). Nature. 453(7198):1002.

A journal article with 2 authors

Brazeau MD, Ahlberg PE. 2006. Tetrapod-like middle ear architecture in a Devonian fish. Nature. 439(7074):318–321.

A journal article with 3 authors

Toyoshima C, Nomura H, Tsuda T. 2004. Lumenal gating mechanism revealed in calcium pump crystal structures with phosphate analogues. Nature. 432(7015):361–368.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Ren M, Shang C, Zhong X, et al. 2014. Insulin-producing cells from embryonic stem cells rescues hyperglycemia via intra-spleen migration. Sci. Rep. 4:7586.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Aubry J-F, Brînzei N. 2015. Systems Dependability Assessment. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Voeks R, Rashford J, editors. 2013. African Ethnobotany in the Americas. New York, NY: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Menzel R. 2012. Mechanisms of Social Organization: Commentary. In: Galizia CG, Eisenhardt D, Giurfa M, editors. Honeybee Neurobiology and Behavior: A Tribute to Randolf Menzel. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. p. 47–49.

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 Arthropod Management Tests.

Blog post

Davis J. 2015 May 1. Scientists Develop Enzyme That Can Convert Any Blood Into Universal Donor Type. IFLScience. [accessed 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-edge-closer-being-able-change-blood-types/.

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. 2010. Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites: Agencies Must Act Quickly to Address Risks That Jeopardize the Continuity of Weather and Climate Data. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office Report No.: GAO-10-558.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Beaven L. 2014. Epiphanies of soul: “When the bolts of the universe fly open.” A depth psychological contemplation of wonder [Doctoral dissertation]. Pacifica Graduate Institute.

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

Wilson M. 2017 Aug 4. Diary Hints at Slaves’ Remains on a Lot in Brooklyn. New York Times.:A15.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Nath 2008).
This sentence cites two references (Brazeau and Ahlberg 2006, Nath 2008).

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

Two authors: (Brazeau and Ahlberg 2006)
Three or more authors: (Ren et al. 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Arthropod Management Tests
ISSN (online)	2155-9856
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