How to format your references using the Environmental Geosciences citation style

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

Lawler, A., 2000, ASIAN-AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: Silent No Longer: “Model Minority” Mobilizes: Science (New York, N.Y.), v. 290, no. 5494, p. 1072–1077.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hernanz, M., and G. Sala, 2002, A classical nova, V2487 Oph 1998, seen in x-rays before and after its explosion: Science (New York, N.Y.), v. 298, no. 5592, p. 393–395.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hafed, Z. M., L. Goffart, and R. J. Krauzlis, 2009, A neural mechanism for microsaccade generation in the primate superior colliculus: Science (New York, N.Y.), v. 323, no. 5916, p. 940–943.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Valverde, F., A. Mouradov, W. Soppe, D. Ravenscroft, A. Samach, and G. Coupland, 2004, Photoreceptor regulation of CONSTANS protein in photoperiodic flowering: Science (New York, N.Y.), v. 303, no. 5660, p. 1003–1006.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Center for Chemical Process Safety, 1998, Guidelines for Design Solutions for Process Equipment Failures: Hoboken, NJ, John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Canuto, C., 2014, Analisi Matematica II: Milano, Springer, UNITEXT, XI, 584 pagg p.

A chapter in an edited book

Mérida, I., S. Carrasco, and A. Avila-Flores, 2010, Diacylglycerol Signaling: The C1 Domain, Generation of DAG, and Termination of Signals, in M. G. Kazanietz, ed., Protein Kinase C in Cancer Signaling and Therapy: Totowa, NJ, Humana Press, p. 55–78.

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 Environmental Geosciences.

Blog post

Hale, T., 2017, Timelapse Shows A Wall Of Smog Descend On Beijing Within Minutes: IFLScience: <https://www.iflscience.com/environment/timelapse-shows-a-wall-of-smog-descend-on-beijing-within-minutes/> (accessed October 30, 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, 1978, GAO Guide to Project Planning and Management, 090882: 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

Lewis, S. S., 2006, Identification of Stress-Responsive Genes in the Early Larval Stage of the Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas, Doctoral dissertation: Cincinnati, OH, University of Cincinnati.

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, M. W., 2015, Puerto Rico Begins Choosing Which Payments to Make: p. B1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Lawler, 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Lawler, 2000; Hernanz and Sala, 2002).

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

Two authors: (Hernanz and Sala, 2002)
Three or more authors: (Valverde et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Environmental Geosciences
Abbreviation	Environ. Geosci.
ISSN (print)	1075-9565
ISSN (online)	1526-0984
Scope	General Earth and Planetary Sciences General Environmental Science