How to format your references using the International Dairy Journal citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Dairy Journal. 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

Osborne, J. (2010). Arguing to learn in science: the role of collaborative, critical discourse. Science (New York, N.Y.), 328(5977), 463–466.

A journal article with 2 authors

Richerson, P. J., & Boyd, R. (2008). Migration: an engine for social change. Nature, 456(7224), 877.

A journal article with 3 authors

Markos, C., Kubat, I., & Bang, O. (2014). Hybrid polymer photonic crystal fiber with integrated chalcogenide glass nanofilms. Scientific Reports, 4, 6057.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Mannini, M., Pineider, F., Danieli, C., Totti, F., Sorace, L., Sainctavit, P., Arrio, M.-A., Otero, E., Joly, L., Cezar, J. C., Cornia, A., & Sessoli, R. (2010). Quantum tunnelling of the magnetization in a monolayer of oriented single-molecule magnets. Nature, 468(7322), 417–421.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Walkenbach, J. (2010). John Walkenbach’s Favorite Excel® 2010 Tips & Tricks. Wiley Publishing, Inc.

An edited book

Droz, J.-P., Carme, B., Couppié, P., Nacher, M., & Thiéblemont, C. (Eds.). (2015). Tropical Hemato-Oncology. Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Kerres, J. (2016). Applications of Acid–Base Blend Concepts to Intermediate Temperature Membranes. In Q. Li, D. Aili, H. A. Hjuler, & J. O. Jensen (Eds.), High Temperature Polymer Electrolyte Membrane Fuel Cells: Approaches, Status, and Perspectives (pp. 59–89). Springer International Publishing.

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 International Dairy Journal.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2014, June 2). Stunning Hubble Image Of The Birth Of A Star. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/stunning-hubble-image-birth-star/

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. (2003). Taxpayer Information: Increased Sharing and Verifying of Information Could Improve Education’s Award Decisions (GAO-03-821). 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

Shackelford, V. (2014). Mary’s mandala story: Images of chaos in mandala psychology [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

Crow, K. (2002, August 25). Tough Club, a Dashing Man, And His Invisible Footprints. New York Times, 145.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Osborne, 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Osborne, 2010; Richerson & Boyd, 2008).

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

Two authors: (Richerson & Boyd, 2008)
Three or more authors: (Mannini et al., 2010)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Dairy Journal
Abbreviation	Int. Dairy J.
ISSN (print)	0958-6946
Scope	Food Science Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology