How to format your references using the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 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

Bilham, R. A Flying Start, Then a Slow Slip. Science 2005, 308, 1126–1127.

A journal article with 2 authors

Tripati, A.; Elderfield, H. Deep-Sea Temperature and Circulation Changes at the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum. Science 2005, 308, 1894–1898.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bass, A.H.; Gilland, E.H.; Baker, R. Evolutionary Origins for Social Vocalization in a Vertebrate Hindbrain-Spinal Compartment. Science 2008, 321, 417–421.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Wikelski, M.; Tarlow, E.M.; Raim, A.; Diehl, R.H.; Larkin, R.P.; Visser, G.H. Avian Metabolism: Costs of Migration in Free-Flying Songbirds. Nature 2003, 423, 704.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Islam, M.R.; Islam, J.S.; Zatzman, G.M.; Mughal, M.A.H.; Rahman, M.S. The Greening of Pharmaceutical Engineering; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2015; ISBN 9781119184201.

An edited book

He, S. Energy-Efficient Area Coverage for Intruder Detection in Sensor Networks; Chen, J., Li, J., Sun, Y., Eds.; SpringerBriefs in Computer Science; Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2014; ISBN 9783319046471.

A chapter in an edited book

Fang, M. A Constitutional Analysis of China’s Fiscal Transfers—The Perspective on Central and Local Relationship. In Public Budgeting Reform in China: Theory and Practice; Liu, X., Ed.; Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2015; pp. 57–79 ISBN 9783662477755.

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 Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

Blog post

Andrew, E. Nanoparticles In Baby Formula: Should Parents Be Worried? Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/nanoparticles-baby-formula-should-parents-be-worried/ (accessed on 30 October 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 Communications: Actions Needed to Ensure Advanced High Frequency Radios Interoperate; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1989;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Dylla, A.G. Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Studies of Bimetallic Nanoparticles. Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park: College Park, MD, 2009.

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

Cowen, T. Open Markets, but Maybe Not Open Minds. New York Times 2015, BU6.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

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	International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Abbreviation	Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health
ISSN (online)	1660-4601
Scope	Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health