How to format your references using the New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research. 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

Balter M. 2000. EUROPEAN SCIENCE: Pathogens Lab Chief Stripped of Duties. Science. 289(5477):228b–9b.

A journal article with 2 authors

Süsstrunk R, Huber SD. 2015. PHYSICS. Observation of phononic helical edge states in a mechanical topological insulator. Science. 349(6243):47–50.

A journal article with 3 authors

Semmann D, Krambeck H-J, Milinski M. 2003. Volunteering leads to rock-paper-scissors dynamics in a public goods game. Nature. 425(6956):390–393.

A journal article with 12 or more authors

Yang T, Zhao YL, Tong Y, Jiao ZB, Wei J, Cai JX, Han XD, Chen D, Hu A, Kai JJ, et al. 2018. Multicomponent intermetallic nanoparticles and superb mechanical behaviors of complex alloys. Science. 362(6417):933–937.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lindahl D. 2008. Trump University Commercial Real Estate 101. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Mao Q. 2013. Control of Noise and Structural Vibration: A MATLAB®-Based Approach. Pietrzko S, editor. London: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Ollmar S, Nicander I, Åberg P, Birgersson U. 2007. Evolution of a Diagnostic Decision Support Tool Based on Electrical Impedance. In: Scharfetter H, Merwa R, editors. 13th International Conference on Electrical Bioimpedance and the 8th Conference on Electrical Impedance Tomography: ICEBI 2007, August 29th - September 2nd 2007, Graz, Austria. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; p. 4–7.

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 New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. 2015. How Penis Length Affects Performance. IFLScience [Internet]. [accessed 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/insect-penis-length-affects-performance/

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. 1999. Federal Highway Administration: Parts and Accessories Necessary for Safe Operations, Lighting Devices, Reflectors, and Electrical Equipment. Washington, DC: 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

Gossett JM. 2009. Autobiographical insights into the spiritual psychologies of Jung and Bion [Doctoral dissertation]. Carpinteria, CA: 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

Brantley B. 2016. Banality and Trouble? They’re Neighbors. New York Times.:C1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Balter 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Balter 2000; Süsstrunk and Huber 2015).

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

Two authors: (Süsstrunk and Huber 2015)
Three or more authors: (Yang et al. 2018)

About the journal

Full journal title	New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research
ISSN (print)	0028-8233
ISSN (online)	1175-8775
Scope