How to format your references using the Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering citation style

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

1. Ikeda SR. Signal transduction. Calcium channels--link locally, act globally. Science. 2001;294:318–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Lea AM, Ryan MJ. SEXUAL SELECTION. Irrationality in mate choice revealed by túngara frogs. Science. 2015;349:964–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Jaramillo C, Rueda MJ, Mora G. Cenozoic plant diversity in the neotropics. Science. 2006;311:1893–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Leach J, Dennis MR, Courtial J, Padgett MJ. Laser beams: knotted threads of darkness. Nature. 2004;432:165.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Massotte P, Corsi P. Smart Decisions in Complex Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

1. Xu K. Myelinated Fibers and Saltatory Conduction in the Shrimp: The Fastest Impulse Conduction in the Animal Kingdom. Terakawa S, editor. Tokyo: Springer Japan; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Taylor P, Ni P, Liu K, Guo S, Zhao Z, Li Y, et al. Social Research Finding TWO: Business Success Stories and Inspiration. In: Ni P, Liu K, editors. Global Research of Cities: A Case of Chengdu. Singapore: Springer; 2016. p. 91–170.

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 Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering.

Blog post

1. Hamilton K. Eyes In The sky: Cutting NASA Earth Observations Would Be A Costly Mistake [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/space/eyes-in-the-sky-cutting-nasa-earth-observations-would-be-a-costly-mistake/. Accessed 30 Oct 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

1. Government Accountability Office. GAO’s Views on the Default Task Force’s Recommendations for Reducing Default Costs in the Guaranteed Student Loan Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1988 Feb. Report No.: T-HRD-88-7.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Adams AA. A study of the attitudes and opinions of southwest Missouri educators regarding the value and outcome of the performance based teacher evaluation process [Doctoral dissertation]. [ St. Charles, MO]: Lindenwood University; 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

1. Vecsey G. The Know-Nothing Mets? There’s a Pattern Here. New York Times. 2011 Feb 5;D4.

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	Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Environ. Health Sci. Eng.
ISSN (online)	2052-336X
Scope	Environmental Engineering Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis Pollution Waste Management and Disposal Water Science and Technology Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health