How to format your references using the Journal of Food and Drug Analysis citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Food and Drug Analysis. 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

[1]

Nadeem M. Unconditionally secure commitment in position-based quantum cryptography. Sci Rep 2014;4:6774.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Prakash M, Gershenfeld N. Microfluidic bubble logic. Science 2007;315:832–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Royden LH, Burchfiel BC, van der Hilst RD. The geological evolution of the Tibetan Plateau. Science 2008;321:1054–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Park AW, Daly JM, Lewis NS, Smith DJ, Wood JLN, Grenfell BT. Quantifying the impact of immune escape on transmission dynamics of influenza. Science 2009;326:726–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Staudt G. Experimentalphysik. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2001.

An edited book

[1]

Bonnin M. The Knee Joint: Surgical Techniques and Strategies. Paris: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ruderman E, Gordon KB. Diagnosis and evaluation of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis. In: Warren R, Menter A, editors. Handbook of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 27–42.

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 Food and Drug Analysis.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Seal Rescued From Cows. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/seal-rescued-mud-local-birdwatcher/ (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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. National Airspace System: FAA Has Made Progress but Continues to Face Challenges in Acquiring Major Air Traffic Control Systems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Eisenbeiser CK. Parents’ Experience of Involvement in the Lives of Community College Students: A Phenomenological Study. Doctoral dissertation. Northcentral University, 2012.

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]

Hollander S. Letting Nothing Stop the Streak. New York Times 1999:F3.

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 Food and Drug Analysis
Abbreviation	J. Food Drug Anal.
ISSN (print)	1021-9498
Scope	Food Science Pharmacology