How to format your references using the Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research. 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

Hickman HD. Immunology. There goes the macrophage neighborhood. Science. 2015 Feb 6;347(6222):609–10.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sundquist WI, Ullman KS. CELL BIOLOGY. An ESCRT to seal the envelope. Science. 2015 Jun 19;348(6241):1314–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

Childs AM, Gosset D, Webb Z. Universal computation by multiparticle quantum walk. Science. 2013 Feb 15;339(6121):791–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Movshovich R, Bianchi A, Capan C, Jaime M, Goodrich RG. Electron-spin domains: magnetic enhancement of superconductivity. Nature. 2004 Feb 26;427(6977):802; discussion 802.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Jelaska D. Gears and Gear Drives. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

Ocampo H, Paycha S, Vargas A, editors. Geometric and Topological Methods for Quantum Field Theory. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005. XV, 230 p. (Lecture Notes in Physics; vol. 668).

A chapter in an edited book

Iida T, Ito S, Tokonami S, Kojima C. Nano-optomechanics by Tailored Light Fields Under Fluctuations. In: Ohtsu M, Yatsui T, editors. Progress in Nanophotonics 3. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 167–202. (Nano-Optics and Nanophotonics).

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 Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Camera, Mobile, Headphones: The Low-Cost Set Up That Can Help Blind People ‘See.’ Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/camera-mobile-headphones-low-cost-set-can-help-blind-people-see/

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. Effective Schools Programs: Their Extent and Characteristics. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989 Sep. Report No.: HRD-89-132BR.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Schiffbauer LW. The pursuit of self-esteem: A help or a hindrance in thriving in the workplace? [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2013.

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

Walsh MW. Teamsters Pension Fund Warns 400,000 of Cuts. New York Times. 2015 Oct 7;B1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	Canadian Journal of Veterinary Research
ISSN (online)	0830-9000
Scope