How to format your references using the Fish and Fisheries citation style

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

Baraniuk, R. G. (2011). More is less: signal processing and the data deluge. Science (New York, N.Y.), 331(6018), 717–719.

A journal article with 2 authors

Oncescu, V., & Erickson, D. (2013). High volumetric power density, non-enzymatic, glucose fuel cells. Scientific Reports, 3, 1226.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gong, M., Kirkeminde, A., & Ren, S. (2013). Symmetry-defying iron pyrite (FeS₂) nanocrystals through oriented attachment. Scientific Reports, 3, 2092.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Schlag, J., Cai, R. H., Dorfman, A., Mohempour, A., & Schlag-Rey, M. (2000). Extrapolating movement without retinal motion. Nature, 403(6765), 38–39.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Tourlakis, G. (2008). Mathematical Logic. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Oh, D.-S., & Phillips, F. (Eds.). (2014). Technopolis: Best Practices for Science and Technology Cities. Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Gestri, M. (2012). EU Disaster Response Law: Principles and Instruments. In A. de Guttry, M. Gestri, & G. Venturini (Eds.), International Disaster Response Law (pp. 105–128). T. M. C. Asser Press.

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 Fish and Fisheries.

Blog post

Davis, J. (2016, October 14). CRISPR Gene Editing Used To Edit Out Sickle Cell Mutation. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/crispr-gene-editing-used-to-edit-out-sickle-cell-mutation-/

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. (2007). Information Technology: DHS’s Human Capital Plan Is Largely Consistent with Relevant Guidance, but Improvements and Implementation Steps Are Still Needed (GAO-07-425). 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

Munchel, B. F. (2015). Exploratory Study of Counseling Professionals’ Attitudes Toward Distance Clinical Supervision [Doctoral dissertation]. University of South Florida.

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

Southall, A., & White, R. (2014, January 4). Gunman Fires at Moving S.U.V. in Queens, Killing One and Wounding Three Others. New York Times, A17.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Baraniuk, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Baraniuk, 2011; Oncescu & Erickson, 2013).

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

Two authors: (Oncescu & Erickson, 2013)
Three or more authors: (Schlag et al., 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Fish and Fisheries
Abbreviation	Fish Fish (Oxf.)
ISSN (print)	1467-2960
ISSN (online)	1467-2979
Scope	Aquatic Science Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Oceanography Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law