1 About
This is example documentation for in-text citations and reference styles used in Texas Water Journal submissions.
1.1 Reccomended Usage
The Texas Water Journal uses the Council of Science Editors (CSE) Scientific Style and Format manual, 8th edition, with some exceptions. Please see the Texas Water Journal’s detailed style guidelines and exceptions for more information about style and word usage, including punctuation, use of numbers and units of measure, and in-text and reference list examples. The Texas Water Journal also accepts Bluebook for legal articles.
1.1.1 In-Text References
- The Texas Water Journal uses the Name–Year in-text reference system, meaning that the basic form is Author Last Name Year; for two authors, use First Author Last Name and Second Author Last Name Year; for more than two use First Author Last Name et al. Year; for an organization, use Organization Initials Year.
Examples: Smith 2013 Smith and Jones 2013 Smith et al. 2013 EPA 2013
- When several in-text references occur at the same point, give them in chronologic sequence from earliest to latest, separated by semicolons (see CSE Section 29.2.1.2.9. For references published in the same year, list in alphabetical order.
Example: Improved estimates of climate variability and trends should prepare authorities to cope with ongoing climate change, which is predicted to increase aridity in the Southwest (IPCC 2007b; Seager et al. 2008; Banner et al. 2010) and may help them to prepare mitigation strategies (IPCC 2007a; Furniss et al. 2010).
1.1.2 References: Reference List
For more on in-text citations and reference lists, see CSE Chapter 29.
Components of end references and their sequence
| Books and other monographs | Journal and newspaper articles |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Author(s) |
| Title | Article title |
| Content designator | Content designator |
| Medium designator* | Journal or newspaper title |
| Edition | Edition |
| Secondary author | Medium designator* |
| Place of publication | Date |
| Publisher | Volume |
| Date | Issue |
| Extent (pagination) | Location (pagination) |
| Physical description | Physical description |
| Series | Notes |
| Notes |
- All references from the internet should include date accessed. Because inclusion of a URL in a reference to an online source makes the medium obvious, it is not necessary to include “Internet” as a medium designator for online sources.
- The basic format for journal article is: Last Name Initials (no periods), Last Name Initials. Year. Title of article (in sentence case). Journal Title (spelled out, no italics). (period) Vol (issue):page numbers (separated by hyphen). Available from: DOI link.
- Use sentence case for journal articles, book titles (capitalization should follow format of a normal sentence).
- Do NOT abbreviate journal titles.
- In order to format personal author names, follow these examples:
Vincent T. DeVita, Jr. → DeVita VT Jr John A. Addams III → Adams JA 3rd Estelle Palmer-Canton → Palmer-Canton E Jean-Louis Lagrot → Lagrot JL