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CSIRO PUBLISHING House Style Guide

Introduction
This guide has been produced to assist those who are preparing manuscripts for
publication by CSIRO PUBLISHING. If you are submitting a paper to one of our
journals you should also read the Notice to Authors for that journal, published in the
first issue of each volume and on the journals website. A full list of CSIRO
PUBLISHING journals is available at http://www.publish.csiro.au/journals.

Spelling and punctuation
In general, spelling follows The Concise Oxford Dictionary, with ise spelling. Some
common exceptions and problem spellings are listed in Appendix 1.

- Capitalisation, hyphenation, punctuation and abbreviations should be uniform
throughout.
- Hyphens should be used to join compound adjectives (e.g. mid-afternoon snack,
30-cm ruler, 3-year-old girl).
- Commas should be used to separate a phrase from the rest of the text; however, a
spaced en-dash may be used instead if necessary (e.g. The annual rainfall was 536
mm up 56% from the previous year).
- No capitals after a colon.
- Try to avoid the use of solidus between words by substituting and, or or .
- Quotation marks should be curved (i.e. , not '') (make sure that the smart quotes
option in Word is turned on).
- If double parentheses are required, two sets of round parentheses should be used;
however, the use of double parentheses should be avoided wherever possible.
- Thin spaces should be used either side of a colon for ratios (e.g. 6:25, waist:hip
ratio)
- The word respectively does not need to have commas added around it. However,
if the author has used commas then they do not need to be removed.

Units, abbreviations and symbols
The International System of Units (SI) is to be used unless there is some particular
problem associated with its adoption. If SI units are not quoted, the author must
indicate the relationship between the units given and the official units.

- Centrifugation speeds must be stated in terms of g not rpm (e.g. 2000g) and
temperature should be stated (e.g. 36C or 273 K).
- The symbol for molar concentration (mol/L) should be M (not small caps).
- Negative exponents are preferred for units, unless stated otherwise in the journals
Notice to Authors. However, an oblique stroke (the solidus) is an acceptable
alternative for complex expressions if it is clearer to leave as such (e.g. g/100
mL or pg/100 mg tissue). Note that per is also acceptable in these instances (e.g.
pg per 100 mg tissue).
- Care should be taken to avoid the use of the double solidus (e.g. W/m K or
W/m.K not W/m/K). Full points should not be used to separate symbols (e.g.
m kg s
1
A
1
).
- Abbreviations such as e.g., i.e. and etc. should be formatted in plain font
rather than italics.
- The abbreviations v. and ver. are both acceptable for version (ver. is
preferred).
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- The abbreviations v. and vs are acceptable for versus (vs or versus is
preferred).
- Australian state and territory abbreviations are as follows: ACT, NSW, NT, Qld,
SA, Tas., Vic., WA.
- US state abbreviations follow the standard two-letter convention.

Footnotes
Footnotes should be avoided if possible, but when included they should be numbered
and inserted in the text outside of punctuation, like so.
1
In journals using the
numbered Vancouver style of referencing, footnote symbols or uppercase letters
should be used instead of numbers to avoid confusion.

Numbers
Presentation of numbers depends to some extent on the context; however, the
following general guidelines should be followed.

- Spell out whole numbers less than 10 but use figures for 10 and over, except at the
beginning of a sentence or in instances when there is more than one number and
the second number is not spelt out, e.g. 8 of 13 emus.
- Use figures with all units and continuous variables (including units of time such as
days, weeks and months).
- Approximation should be expressed using the tilde symbol rather than the words
approximately (or abbreviations thereof), about or around. There should be
no space between the tilde and the related value (e.g. ~3 g).
- ca. or c. should not be used to express approximation of a value, but may be
used to express uncertainty of a date.
- A space should be inserted between figures and units, e.g. 2 h, 85 mm; however,
there should be no space before percentage, degree symbols or centrifugal force in
g (e.g. 25%, 25C, 2000g).
- A space should be inserted on either side of mathematical operators when preceded
and followed by a figure or a statistical indicator (e.g. 6 + 7, 50 2, 1.2 0.5, P <
0.05) but not when the operator is preceded or followed by a figure only (e.g.
5.5, 1, 50, <2).
- The mathematical symbol used to indicate multiplication should be rather than
x or an asterisk.
- There should be no spaces either side of a solidus (e.g. 2/23).
- There should be no spaces within geographic coordinates (e.g. 3015S, 2575E),
and prime symbols, not quotes, should be used to indicate minutes.
- All decimal quantities less than 1.0 should be preceded by a zero, and a full point
(not a comma) should be used to mark the decimal point (e.g. 0.952).
- Digits should be grouped in threes, separated by thin spaces (e.g. 3616234), but a
space should not be used when four digits only appear together (e.g. 4073).
- Large numbers should be quoted in the index form to make their magnitude more
obvious (e.g. 3.5 10
6
).
- Logarithmic expressions should be arranged in the format log
10
(x), log
e
(x) or
ln(x).
- When stating a simple range, separate figures with an en-dash and do not repeat
units, e.g. 1.52.0 mL. However, an en-dash should not be used with from (e.g.
from 50 to 100 mm) or with between (e.g. between 30 and 50 people).
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Dates and time
- Abbreviations for units of time are as follows: h, hours; min, minutes; s, seconds.
Days, months and years must be spelt out in full.
- When writing dates, the day should be followed by the month written in full and
then the year (e.g. 25 December 2006, 10 July to 4 September 1998). Ordinals (st,
th, rd) should not be used and no punctuation is necessary.
- For years, the following convention should be used: e.g. 1950s (not 50s, 50s or
1950s).
- Year ranges should be expressed in the format XXXXYY, where the two parts of
the range are from the same century (e.g. 198396). Ranges spanning two
centuries should be expressed in the format XXXXYYYY (e.g. 19832003).
- When stating time, the 24-h clock is preferred. In this instance, hours should be
spelt out in full (e.g. 1600 hours). If necessary, a.m. and p.m. may be used
with the 12-h clock.

Trade names and trade marks
- Trade names for proprietary products should be capitalised (e.g. Vaseline).
- When using trade names, it is necessary to also cite the name and location of the
manufacturer (in parentheses) at first mention in the text only, providing enough
information for the work to be replicated using the same materials.
- It is not necessary to add
TM
or for trade marks as there is no legal requirement to
include these symbols, but these may be included at first mention in the text.
- For drug names, the generic name should be used instead of the trade mark name.
If necessary, the trade mark name should appear in parentheses after the generic
name, e.g. metformin (Glucophage).

Running heads
An abridged title should be included for use as a running head at the top of the printed
page (recto page of the printed paper). This abridged title must not exceed 50
characters (including spaces). The authors initials and surname are used as the
running head on the verso page, like so:
e.g. M. S. Chauhan (one author)
M. S. Chauhan and P. Palta (two authors)
M. S. Chauhan et al. (three authors or more)

Article type
If the paper is not a research article, the article type should be given above the title. In
the printed version, it will appear within a flag at the top outside corner of the page.

Title
The title must be typed on the first page of the manuscript. It should be as brief as
possible consistent with its containing as many keywords as necessary to indicate the
contents of the paper.
- Left aligned, initial cap/lowercase, bold, no full point at end, no capital letter
after colon
In vitro maturation of buffalo embryos: effects of oocyte quality

Authors
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First names should be given in full if there is any chance of confusion with other
authors having the same surname, otherwise it is acceptable to use initials only.
Neither the academic qualifications nor the official positions of authors should be
included. The name and address of the organisation to which the authors are attached
should be placed immediately beneath their names. Superscript uppercase letters
should be used to match author names with author addresses, and to match the
corresponding author with his/her email address.
- Author names: italic, left aligned, full point and space after each initial.
Roman superscript uppercase letters (A, B, C) after surname but before
punctuation. Superscript letter following every name in multiauthor papers
(even if all are from the same address). No penultimate comma.
James Brown
A,D
, John Andrews
A,B
and Brigid F. Smith
C


- Author addresses: roman, left aligned, given in full with postcodes, full point
at end. Roman superscript uppercase letters to indicate different institute
affiliations or authors present address (not current address). The last letter is
assigned to the corresponding author, whose email address is given in
lowercase letters.
A
Department of Biological Science, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW 2109,
Australia.
B
Present address: Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Bombay University,
Bombay 678012, India.
C
Deceased. Formerly of Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University,
Sydney, NSW 2109, Australia.
D
Corresponding author. Email: jbrown@researcg.edu.au

Note that if, for example, the deceased author formerly shared affiliation A then C
would say Deceased. and the author name would be followed by superscript A,C.

Abstract
An informative abstract suitable for use in secondary (abstracting) publications and
services should precede the introductory section of all papers. Because it is not part of
the paper, an abstract should be intelligible on its own; it should summarise the
purpose, methodology, results and conclusions. It should not include unfamiliar terms,
acronyms, trade names or abbreviations without explanation. It must not include
references. The abstract may be more than one paragraph if necessary but should not
exceed 250 words.

Keywords
If present, keywords not included in the title of the paper may be listed as Additional
keywords.
- Listed in alphabetical order, separated by commas, full point at the end.
Additional keywords: oestrogen, retinol-binding protein, uterus.

Headings
In experimental papers the general order of headings should be as follows: Abstract,
Introduction, Materials and methods (or Methods, depending on the context), Results,
Discussion, Conclusions (if included), Acknowledgements, References, Appendix.
The use of subheadings is governed by the length and complexity of subdivision try
to keep the number of levels to the minimum, ideally not more than three. In
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descriptive and taxonomic papers headings should conform to those used in the
appropriate journal.

Heading format is as follows:
- Heading 1: Initial cap/lowercase, bold
- Heading 2: Initial cap/lowercase, italics
- Heading 3: Initial cap/lowercase, italics, indented
- Heading 4: Initial cap/lowercase, italics, indented, full point, em space, run on
text
The first paragraph following a heading follows that heading with respect to
indentation, i.e. paragraphs after headings 1 and 2, full left; paragraphs after heading
3, indented.

Lists
Lists within text should be numbered in parentheses, e.g. (1) item one, (2) item two,
and (3) item three or (i) item one; (ii) item two; and (iii) item three. Numbered lists
set apart from the text should be formatted as follows:

(1) List item one
(2) List item two
(3) List item three

Note that for simple lists punctuation is not required at the end of each item;
however, full points or semicolons may be used if the list is more complex.

Tables
All tables should be inserted at the end of the text, following the reference list. They
should be formatted in cells, not spaced using tabs, with no hard returns within cells.
All tables must be referred to in the text, and should be numbered consecutively in the
order that they are cited within the paper. Tables should be complete in themselves
without reference to the accompanying text (see Table 1).

- Experimental details referring to the table as a whole, including abbreviations,
should be included in a headnote
- Experimental details relating to specific items in the table (not abbreviations)
should be given in footnotes, designated with uppercase letters (asterisks are
acceptable only if used to denote levels of significance).
- The first letter only of headings, rows and vertical columns should be capitalised.
- Data in first column should be full left (indentation allowed) and data in the other
columns should be centred.
- Where dashes are used to indicate missing data, en dashes should be used rather
than hyphens or em dashes.
- Units of measurement should be abbreviated appropriately and placed within
parentheses beneath the column headings. Units should be chosen to avoid the use
of an excessive number of digits, e.g. 120 g rather than 0.00012 g in the body of
the table or exponential scaling factors (e.g. 10
3
) in the headings. When scaling
factors cannot be avoided they should be attached to the quantity rather than the
unit (see Table 1).
- Values within a column should have the same number of decimal places.
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- When a portrait table runs on to the next page there should be a rule at the bottom
of the first page with the words Continued next page in italics. The continued
table on the following page should have the word Continued in italics.

Table 1. Comparison of concurrent and singly reared litters
Although female weight at 34 days was significantly different among the three groups
(ANCOVA, F
2,32
= 3.63, P = 0.038), none of the post hoc pairwise comparisons detected any
significant differences. If an ANCOVA was used, this is indicated by an F in the statistic
column, whereas K-W refers to the KruskalWallis non-parametric test. All values are
indicated as mean s.d. *P < 0.05; n.s., not significant
Variable Concurrent Singly reared Statistic P
Gestation duration (days) 20.10 0.32 20.69 0.70 K-W
2
= 5.3 0.08 n.s.
Litter size 5.30 1.83 5.00 1.60 F
2,46
= 0.25 0.78 n.s.
Sex ratio (females/total) 0.44 0.23 0.54 0.22 F
2,34
= 0.36 0.70 n.s.
Female weight (g)

19 days 17.17 1.11 18.29 2.69 F
2,34
= 0.26 0.77 n.s.
34 days 25.59 0.99 28.23 3.65 F
2,32
= 3.63 0.04*
60 days 31.14 4.04 33.44 5.53 F
2,31
= 2.75 0.08 n.s.
Male weight (g)

19 days 17.97 1.72 18.08 2.27 F
2,35
= 0.2 0.82 n.s.
34 days 32.10 3.29 30.41 4.18 F
2,32
= 2.23 0.13 n.s.
60 days 43.93 5.79 38.37 7.17 F
2,31
= 4.9 0.01*
Total litter weight (g)
A
87.72 22.85 90.17 24.45 F
2,38
= 0.07 0.94 n.s.
Female intra-litter variation (g) 2.79 0.88 2.39 1.00 F
2,23
= 1.3 0.29 n.s.
Male intra-litter variation (g) 2.82 0.97 1.64 1.60 F
2,24
= 0.77 0.48 n.s.
Growth rate females (g day
1
) 0.77 0.06 0.83 0.14 F
2,34
= 0.33 0.72 n.s.
Growth rate males (g day
1
) 0.81 0.09 0.82 0.12 F
2,35
= 0.19 0.83 n.s.
A
Individuals were weighed at the same time each day.

Note that citations to tables within another paper should use an initial lowercase, e.g.
as in their table 2 (Smith and Jones 2003).

Figures
All figures must be referred to in the text, and should be numbered consecutively in
the order that they are cited within the paper. Electronic submission of figures is
required. Photographs and line drawings should be of the highest quality and, if not
created digitally, should be scanned at high resolution: photographs at 300 dpi at final
size, saved as .jpg files; hand-drawn line drawings at least 600 dpi at final size, saved
as .tif files. Colour figures must be submitted in CMYK format for printing purposes,
not in RGB.
Computer-generated graphs and diagrams should be saved in one of the following
formats: Excel, Powerpoint, encapsulated postscript (.eps), Adobe Illustrator (.ai),
Windows metafiles (.wmf). In all cases they must be editable vector graphic files.
Please contact the Production Editor of each journal for further information.
Figure citations within the text should be formatted as follows: start of sentence,
Fig. 1 shows; middle of sentence, as can be seen in Figs 2 and 3 or Fig. 1a, c
or Fig. 2ad; end of sentence, (Figs 3, 4) or (Fig. 1a, c) or (Fig. 2ad). Note
that citations to figures within another paper should use an initial lowercase, e.g. as in
their fig. 3 (Leon et al. 2005).
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Figure layout
Figures should be formatted as follows:
- Single column: 85 mm. The figure legend is placed beneath the figure and
should be as wide as the column itself.
- Mid-column: 110 mm. The figure legend is placed beside the figure, centered
between the top and bottom of the figure.
- Double column: 175 mm. Figures that are 110175 mm wide may be floated
in double-column width. The figure legend is placed beneath the figure and
should be slightly wider than the figure floating in the double-column space.
For figures that are 175 mm wide, the figure legend should also be 175 mm
wide.

Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements should be placed under a separate heading immediately preceding
the reference list. The names, initials and, where necessary, official positions of those
mentioned should be included. It is not necessary to mention everyone who has been
marginally involved in the work.

References
Cited papers and books should be listed under the heading References. Work that
has not been accepted for publication should not be included but may be cited within
the text, e.g. K. Evans and B. Gibson, unpubl. data. Note that if the author provides
one name with et al. they should be queried for names of other authors. Similarly,
personal communications (pers. comm.) should be cited as such within the text.
Internal technical reports, communications and memoranda are not valid references.
Within the text, references should be cited by the authors name and date, as
follows:

Various workers (Kenishi 1998; Spatz 2001; Alberts et al. 2006a, 2006b)
found...

- A comma is not used between the authors name and the date of publication.
- The earliest work is reported first.
- Where two or more papers have the same author and date they are differentiated by
the letters a, b, c, ... after the date.
- A comma is inserted between dates referring to two papers by the same author.
- A semicolon is inserted between references to different authors.

Note that references in Australian Journal of Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry
and Sexual Health use the numbered Vancouver style of referencing see the Notice
to Authors for each of these journals, published in the first issue of each volume and
on the journals website (http://www.publish.csiro.au/journals).

- Within the reference list, references should be listed in alphabetical order based on
the surname of the first author of each reference.
- No special rules apply to the ordering of reference in which the first authors name
starts with van, von, de or Mc or similar references should simply be put
into alphabetical order (e.g. van Dyk comes after Upfield and before Washington,
McDonald comes before Mithwright and after Macaffy; see examples below).
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- References from the same author must be arranged in the following order:

Single-authorship papers are listed first: if there are a few, these are listed
chronologically (if same year, then distinguished as 1993a, 1993b etc.);
Dual-authorship papers are listed second: if there are a few, these are listed
alphabetically by second author (again, if same year, then distinguished as
1993a, 1993b etc.);
Multiple-authorship papers are listed third: if there are a few, these are listed
chronologically (again, if same year, then distinguished as 1993a, 1993b etc.)

Examples
Boyd RL (2006) The development of murine T lymphocytes. Immunology Today, in
press.
Harding R (1998) Development of the respiratory system. In Textbook of Fetal
Physiology. (Eds GD Thorburn, R Harding) pp. 140167. (Oxford University
Press: New York)
Harding R, Hooper SB (2005) The lungs before birth. Todays Life Sciences 5, 4452.
Harding R, Liggins GC (2003) The influence of oligohydramnios on thoracic
dimensions of fetal sheep. Journal of Developmental Physiology 16, 355361.
Harding R, Hooper SB, Dickson KA (1998) A mechanism leading to reduced lung
hypoplasia in fetal sheep during oligohydramnios. American Journal of
Obstetrics and Gynecology 163, 19041913.
Harding R, Hooper SB, Baker VK (2000) Abolition of fetal breathing movements by
spinal cord transection leads to reductions in fetal lung liquid volume, lung
growth and IGF-II gene expression. Pediatric Research 34, 148153.
Harding R, Dickson KA, Hooper SB (2004) Fetal breathing, tracheal fluid movement
and lung growth. In Advances in Fetal Physiology. (Eds PD Gluckman, BM
Johnston, PW Nathanielsz) pp. 153175. (Perinatology Press: New York)
Pickard AR (2005) The establishment of pregnancy in pigs. PhD Thesis, University of
Aberdeen.

The list of references should be cited following the examples listed in Appendix 2.
For journal references note that titles of all papers should be included; capitals should
not be used in such titles, except where particular words require capitalisation. Issue
numbers, if essential, should be inserted in parentheses immediately after the volume
number (e.g. 34(2), note that there is no space after the volume number). If a paper
has been accepted for publication in a journal and the volume and page numbers are
not yet available, the title of the journal should be followed by in press.
Special care should be taken to see that every reference in the text is included in
the list of references and vice versa, and that there is consistency in the spelling of
authors names and the citation of dates throughout the paper.

Websites
Whenever URLs are cited (in the text or in the reference list), the access date should
be supplied if possible (e.g. in text: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Genbank/, accessed
11 March 2004; see electronic reference example for how to treat a URL in the
reference list). This is because websites are subject to change without notice, and
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including the date that the information was obtained helps to verify the reference if it
is later changed. Note that if the URL is used in place of manufacturer location, a date
is not required as it is not being used as a reference source.

Manuscript received and accepted dates
Manuscript received and accepted dates, if present, should be placed immediately
after the reference list and formatted as such:
Manuscript received 12 March 2006, accepted 1 July 2006

Appendices
Appendices should be placed at the end of the paper. They should be numbered
consecutively using Arabic numerals. Figures and tables within appendices should be
numbered A1, A2, etc. If there is only one appendix in a paper, it should be
labelled Appendix 1.

Accessory publications
Supplementary material of a detailed nature that is not essential to the understanding
of a paper may be submitted. When citing supplementary material, use the following
phrase: (see Table S1/Fig. S1 available as an Accessory publication to this paper).
This only needs to appear at the first citation of a supplementary table and the first
citation of a supplementary figure. There is no need to highlight these citations.

Mathematical papers
Mathematical formulae should be typed carefully with symbols in correct alignment
and adequate spacing. Equations should not be embedded images; use equation
editors that result in an editable format (e.g. MathType). Each formula should be
displayed on a single line where possible.
Simple equations may be run into the text; however, more complex equations
should be set apart on a separate line. These should be numbered consecutively, with
the number in parentheses, e.g.:

(
F
F F a
d
d
T
h T T
t
= ) (1)
( )
( )
ig a
600
Fmax a
T T
AT
T T

(2)

Equation citations within the text should be formatted as follows: start of sentence,
Eqn 1 shows; middle of sentence, as can be seen in Eqns 2 and 3 or Eqn 1.
Note that citations to equations within another paper should use an initial lowercase,
e.g. as in their eqn 3 (Kent et al. 2004).

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Appendix 1. Standard and preferred spellings
Spelling and hyphenation should be consistent within a paper. The examples below
are preferred and should serve as a general guide to aid in the consistency of spelling
across papers and journals. Exceptions may be made in instances where there is just
cause.

acknowledgement
aboveground
ageing (determining the age of)
aging (growing older)
airborne
all right
anaesthesia
analogue
artefact
autoxidation

bandwidth
biased
birthweight
bodyweight
buffaloes
bv. (not in italics)

catalyse
CD-ROM
Chi-square test (but _
2
= )
chlorophyll a
circa (c.) (applies only to time)
coauthor
coenzyme
colour
colouration
coordinate
cooperate
cornmeal
covariate
cows milk
cross-section
cv. (not in italics)
cvv. (not in italics)
cytochrome c

database
data set, dataset (both are
acceptable)
daylength
dialyse
dimethyl sulfoxide
(DMSO)
disulfide bond (not
disulphide bond)
downregulate
downstream

euthanised

female (adj. and n. OK)
fetus
feedback
firefighter (not fireman)
firstborn
focussed
forequarter
formulae
freeze dryer
freshwater (adj.)

GENSTAT
glasshouse
guinea-pig (not guinea pig)

HardyWeinberg
homologue
hydrolyse

infrared
intrauterine

make up (e.g. genetic make
up)
male (adj. and n. OK)
microdentate
microorganism
midpoint

northern blot

occurrence
oestrus (n.), oestrous (adj.)
overestimate
overstorey
oviducal (not oviductal)
outyielded

photooxidation
postpartum
post-translational
pretreatment
program,
programme(both are
acceptable)

radioimmunoassay
real-time PCR (not RT-
PCR)
reexamine
reform
reverse transcription
polymerase chain
reaction (but RT-PCR)
runoff

s.e.m. (standard error of the
mean)
SEM (scanning electron
microscopy)
semiarid
semicolon
semiquantitative
sex (not gender)
short-term (adj.), short
term (n.)
side chain
socioeconomic
sodium dodecyl
sulfate
polyacrylamide gel
electrophoresis (but
SDS-PAGE)
south-east
Southern blot
southern hemisphere
sp. (not in italics)
spp. (not in italics)
stepwise
Students t-test
suboptimal
subplot
subpopulation
subspecies (not sub-species)
sulfate (not sulphate)
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subterranean clover (not
sub clover)

taproot
targeted
tomatoes

under way (not underway)
unnamed
upregulate

waterlogged
watertable
wavelength
website
western blot
wheatbelt
workstation
worldwide
X-ray



In addition, the following should be used as a guide:
- Prefixes should not be hyphenated, unless the next letter is the same as the
preceding letter (e.g. post-translational) or the unhyphenated word means
something else (re-form instead of reform).
- Since and while are best used to indicate time, not as substitutes for because,
as, although or whereas; however, it is not essential to change these during
copyediting.
- During copyediting, it is OK to leave impact as a verb.
- During copyediting, it is OK to leave this study unless the meaning is
ambiguous.
- If post means after, change to after.
- En dashes are used to show two words of equal value, when the first
word in the compound does not modify the meaning of the second
word (e.g. wildlandurban interface), for chemicals that are closely
bonded but have not become a new compound (e.g. HRPantibody),
when two peoples names are given to a process (e.g. HardyWeinberg
equilibrium) or to express a range of values (e.g. 710 cows); however,
they should not be used in sentence constructions such as from xy
and between xy (use from x to y and between x and y instead).
- However: in middle of sentence when it precedes a new idea, use
semicolon before and comma after (e.g. The cat sat on the mat;
however, it did not stay there for long. At the start of the sentence it
should be followed by a comma (e.g. However, the cat sat on the
mat) or surrounded by commas (e.g. The cat, however, sat on the
mat).

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Appendix 2. Format of reference list

List 1: Punctuated reference lists
Journal examples
Example 1: Typical journal citation

Kefford, B. J., Papas, P. J., and Nugegoda, D. (2003). Relative salinity tolerance of macroinvertebrates
from the Barwon River, Victoria, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 54, 755765.

Example 2: A journal citation including an issue number or a supplement

Bull, P., Smith, E., and Lane, J. (1997). Chromosomal evolution in lizards. Bioinformatics 34(2), 233
237.

Conrad, B., and Strange, W. (2005). Physiological functions of methylated genes. Human
Reproduction 15(Suppl. 1), 315319.

Example 3: Abstract noted at end

Nabulsi, A., Folsom, A., Szklo, M., White, A., Higgins, M., and Heiss, G. (1992). Is menopausal status
or hormone replacement therapy associated with carotid intimalmedial wall thickness? American
Journal of Epidemiology 136, 10031004. [Abstract]

Example 4: Other language noted at end

Nabulsi, A., Folsom, A., Szklo, M., White, A., Higgins, M., and Heiss, G. (1992). Is menopausal status
or hormone replacement therapy associated with carotid intimalmedial wall thickness? American
Journal of Epidemiology 136, 10031004. [In Chinese]

Example 5: Paper in press

Hayden, M. J., Stephenson, P., Logojan, A. M., Khatkar, D., Rogers, C., Elsden, J., Koebner, R. M. D.,
Snape, J. W., and Sharp, P. J. (2006). Development and genetic mapping of sequence tagged
microsatellites in bread wheat. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 21, in press.

Potter, M. (in press). Genotype and environment interact to control dormancy and differential
expression of the SC2 homologue in Triticum aestivum. Plant Cell Biology.

Monograph examples

Example 1: Typical monograph citation

Sambrook, J., Fritsch, E. F., and Maniatis, T. (1989). Molecular Cloning: A Laboratory Manual.
(Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, NY.)

Example 2: A monograph citation including a volume number and without a publisher location

Chaudhuri, P. (1997). Additive Cellular Automata Theory and Applications. Vol. 1. (IEEE Press.)
[The author would be asked for details of publisher location.] [or allow publisher location details to be
optional]

Example 3: A monograph citation including a book series in addition to the book title

Codd, E. (1968). Cellular Automata. ACM Monograph Series. (Academic Press: New York.)

Example 4: A monograph citation including an edition number

Dixon, M., and Webb, E. C. (1979). Enzymes. 3rd edn. (Longman: London.)
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Example 5: A monograph citation indicating the editor(s)

Judson, H. F. (Ed.) (1996). The Eighth Day of Creation. Expanded edn. (Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Press: New York.)

Attiwill, P. M., and Adams, M. A. (Eds) (1996). Nutrition of Eucalypts. (CSIRO Publishing:
Melbourne.)

Example 6: A monograph citation including a page count for the book

Grant, V. (1981). Plant Speciation. 2nd edn. (Columbia University Press: New York.) 552 pp.

Example 7: A monograph citation including a chapter number, name and page range

Larsson, L.-I. (1988). Fixation and tissue pretreatment. In Immunocytochemistry: Theory and
Practice. Chapter 2. pp. 41170. (CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL.)
[with a request to the author to check that there are no editors of this book]

Example 8: A translated monograph with the translator name, but not the author name

Tredennick, H. (Trans.) (1969). The Apology of Plato. (Penguin Books: New York.)

Example 9: A translated monograph with the translator and author names

Paton, H. J. (Transl.) (1964). Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant. (Harper
& Row: New York.)

Example 10: Forward to a book by another author

Harris, M. (1965). Introduction. In With the Procession by Henry Fuller. (University of Chicago
Press: Chicago.)

Example 11: Organisation as an author

SAS Institute (1989a). SAS/STAT Users Guide. Version 6. Vol. 1. 4th edn. (SAS Institute: Cary,
NC.)

Book chapter examples

Example 1: Typical book chapter citation.

Carr, J. D., Fibiger, H. C., and Phillips, A. G. (1989). Conditioned place preference as a measure of
drug reward. In Neuropharmacological Basis of Reward. (Eds J. M. Liebman and S. J. T. Cooper.)
pp. 265320. (Oxford University Press: Oxford.)

Example 2: Typical book citation including a volume number

Esposito, R. E., and Klapholz, S. (1981). Meiosis and ascospore development. In The Molecular
Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces. Vol. 1. (Eds J. N. Strathern, E. W. Jones and J. R. Broach.) pp.
211287. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Cold Spring Harbor, NY.)

Example 3: Typical book citation including an edition number

Mahley, R. W., and Rall, S. C., Jr (1995). Type III hyperlipoproteinemia (dysbetalipoproteinemia): the
role of apolipoprotein E in normal and abnormal lipoprotein metabolism. In The Metabolic and
Molecular Bases of Inherited Disease. 7th edn. (Eds C. R. Scriver, A. L. Beaudet, W. S. Sly and D.
Valle.) pp. 19531980. (McGraw-Hill: New York.)

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Example 4: Typical book citation of an item in a series, which includes a series title and a volume
number

Rinchik, E. M., and Russell, L. B. (1990). Germ-line deletion mutations in the mouse: tools for
intensive functional and physical mapping of regions of the mammalian genome. In Genome Analysis.
Vol. 1: Genetic and Physical Mapping. (Eds K. Davies and S. Tilghman.) pp. 121158. (Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, NY.)

Example 5: A book citation translated from the original language

Chartier, R. (Ed.) (1989). A History of Private Life: Passions of the Renaissance. (Transl. A.
Goldhammer.) (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA.)

Example 6: A book citation with authors but without editors

Petes, T. D., Malone, R. E., and Symington, L. S. (1991). Recombination in yeast. In The Molecular
and Cellular Biology of the Yeast Saccharomyces. pp. 407521. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory:
Cold Spring Harbor, NY.)
[with a request to the author for the missing editor details] [or allow editor details to be optional]

Example 7: A book citation without a chapter page range

Tulving, E. (1972). Episodic and semantic memory. In Organisation and Memory. (Eds E. Tulving
and W. Donaldson.) (Academic Press: New York.)
[with a request to the author for the missing page range] [or allow page details to be optional]

Example 8: A book citation without a publisher location

Kano, M., and Konnerth, A. (1992). Cerebellar slices for patch clamp recording. In Practical
Electrophysiological Methods. (Eds H. Kettenmann and R. Grantyn.) pp. 5457. (Wiley-Liss.)
[with a request to the author for the missing publisher location] [or allow publisher details to be
optional]

Example 9: A book with editors, but without chapter authors

Ausubel, F. M., Brent, R., Kingston, R. E., Moore, D. D., Seidman, J. G., Smith, J. A., and Struhl, K.
(Eds) (1994). Phenol/SDS method for plant RNA preparation. In Current Protocols in Molecular
Biology. Vol. 1. pp. 4.3.14.3.3. (Wiley Interscience: New York.)

Example 10: Citation including a section number and/or part number.

Valtin, H. (1992). Genetic models of diabetes insipidus. In Handbook of Physiology. Section 8. Renal
Physiology. (Ed. E. E. Windhager.) pp. 12811316. (Oxford: New York.)
Nicoll, C. S. (1974). Physiological actions of prolactin. In Handbook of Physiology. Section 7, Vol.
IV. (Eds R. Greep, E. B. Astwood, E. Knobil, W. H. Sawyer and S. R. Geiger.) pp. 253292.
(American Physiological Society: Washington, DC.)

Wiersma, C. A. G., and Roach, J. L. M. (1977). Principles in the organisation of invertebrate sensory
systems. In Handbook of Physiology. Section 1: The Nervous System. Vol. I, Part 2. (Eds J. M.
Brookhart and V. B. Mountcastle.) pp. 10891135. (American Physiological Society: Bethesda, MD.)

Encyclopedia examples

Example 1: An encyclopedia citation without an author

Cleveland, W. A. (Ed.) (1993). Comparative national statistics. Language. In Britannica World Data.
pp. 778782. (Encyclopedia Britannica: Chicago.)

Example 2: An encyclopedia citation without an editor

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Rolls, B. J., and Drewnowski, A. (1977). Nutrition and aging. In Encyclopedia of Gerontology. pp.
429440. (Academic: New York.)

Wallis, C. G. (Transl.) (1952). Great Books of the Western World. Vol. 16. p. 481. (Encyclopaedia
Britannica, Inc.)
[with a query to the author for place of publication] [or allow place of publication details to be
optional]

Thesis examples

Example 1: University name includes city

Smith, J. A. (2003). New Harpacticoida from south-east Australia. Ph.D. Thesis, University of
Melbourne.

Kennedy, S. J. (1998). Foraging ecology of the swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) in the boxironbark
region of Victoria. B.Sc.(Honours) Thesis, University of Ballarat, Australia.

Example 2: University name does not include city.

Winter, J. W. (1976). The behaviour and social organisation of the brush-tail possum (Trichosurus
vulpecula Kerr). Ph.D. Thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Conference proceedings examples

Hayman, P. T., and Collett, I. J. (1996). Estimating soil water: to kick, to stick, to core or computer? In
Proceedings of the 8th Australian Agronomy Conference, Toowoomba. (Ed. M. Asghar.) p. 664.
(Australian Society of Agronomy: Toowoomba.)

Report/bulletin examples

Bloggs, T. H. (1990). Effects of soil type on seed rate for wheat. NSW Agriculture Bulletin No. 232.
Wagga Wagga, NSW.

Chippendale, G. M., and Wolf, L. (1981). The natural distribution of Eucalyptus in Australia. Special
Publication No. 6, Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra.

Electronic versions of books

Chessells, J. M (2000). Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Version 1. In Encyclopaedia of Life
Sciences. (Nature Publishing Group: London.) Available at http://www.els.net [Verified 6 September
2004].

Wilkes, B. J., and Peterson, B. M. (2000). Active galaxies: observations. Version 1.0. In Encyclopedia
of Astronomy and Astrophysics. (Nature Publishing Group: London & Institute of Physics Publishing:
Bristol.) Available at http://www.ency-astro.com [Verified 6 September 2004].

CD-ROM example

Fehmi, J. F. (2002). A crop sequence calculator for designing dynamic cropping systems. In
Proceedings of the 10th Australian Society of Agronomy Conference. (CD-ROM) (Australian Society
of Agronomy: Hobart.)

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List 2: Reference lists with minimal punctuation

Journal examples

Example 1: Typical journal citation

Kefford BJ, Papas PJ, Nugegoda D (2003) Relative salinity tolerance of macroinvertebrates from the
Barwon River, Victoria, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research 54, 755765.

Example 2: A journal citation including an issue number or a supplement

Bull P, Smith E, Lane J (1997) Chromosomal evolution in lizards. Bioinformatics 34(2), 233237.
Conrad B, Strange W (2005) Physiological functions of methylated genes. Human Reproduction
15(Suppl. 1), 315319.

Example 3: Abstract noted at end

Nabulsi A, Folsom A, Szklo M, White A, Higgins M, Heiss G (1992) Is menopausal status or hormone
replacement therapy associated with carotid intimalmedial wall thickness? American Journal of
Epidemiology 136, 10031004. [Abstract]

Example 4: Other language noted at end

Nabulsi A, Folsom A, Szklo M, White A, Higgins M, Heiss G (1992) Is menopausal status or hormone
replacement therapy associated with carotid intimalmedial wall thickness? American Journal of
Epidemiology 136, 10031004. [In Chinese]

Example 5: Paper in press

Hayden MJ, Stephenson P, Logojan AM, Khatkar D, Rogers C, Elsden J, Koebner RMD, Snape JW,
Sharp PJ (2006) Development and genetic mapping of sequence tagged microsatellites in bread wheat.
Theoretical and Applied Genetics 21, in press.

Potter M (in press) Genotype and environment interact to control dormancy and differential expression
of the SC2 homologue in Triticum aestivum. Plant Cell Biology.

Monograph examples

Example 1: Typical monograph citation

Sambrook J, Fritsch EF, Maniatis T (1989) Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. (Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, NY)

Example 2: A monograph citation including a volume number and without a publisher location

Chaudhuri P (1997). Additive cellular automata theory and applications. Vol. 1. (IEEE Press)

Example 3: A monograph citation including a book series in addition to the book title

Codd E (1968) Cellular automata. ACM Monograph Series. (Academic Press: New York)

Example 4: A monograph citation including an edition number

Dixon M, Webb EC (1979) Enzymes. 3rd edn. (Longman: London)

Example 5: A monograph citation indicating the editor(s)

Judson HF (Ed.) (1996) The eighth day of creation. Expanded edn. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Press: New York)

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Attiwill PM, Adams MA (Eds) (1996) Nutrition of eucalypts. (CSIRO Publishing: Melbourne)

Example 6: A monograph citation including a page count for the book

Grant V (1981) Plant speciation. 2nd edn. (Columbia University Press: New York) 552 pp.

Example 7: A monograph citation including a chapter number, name and page range

Larsson L-I (1988) Fixation and tissue pretreatment. In Immunocytochemistry: theory and practice.
pp. 41170. (CRC Press: Boca Raton, FL)
[Query author about Ed(s) of book, or just one author.]

Example 8: A translated monograph with the translator name, but not the author name

Tredennick H (Transl) (1969) The apology of Plato. (Penguin Books: New York)

Example 9: A translated monograph with the translator and author names

Paton HJ (Transl) (1964) Groundwork of the metaphysics of morals by Immanuel Kant. (Harper &
Row: New York)

Example 10: Forward to a book by another author

Harris M (1965) Introduction. In With the procession by Henry Fuller. (University of Chicago Press:
Chicago)

Example 11: Organisation as an author

SAS Institute (1989a) SAS/STAT users guide. Version 6. Vol. 1. 4th edn. (SAS Institute: Cary, NC)

Book chapter examples

Example 1: Typical book chapter citation.

Carr JD, Fibiger HC, Phillips AG (1989) Conditioned place preference as a measure of drug reward. In
Neuropharmacological basis of reward. (Eds JM Liebman, SJT Cooper) pp. 265320. (Oxford
University Press: Oxford)

Example 2: Typical book citation including a volume number

Esposito RE, Klapholz S (1981) Meiosis and ascospore development. In The molecular biology of the
yeast Saccharomyces. Vol. 1. (Eds JN Strathern, EW Jones, JR Broach) pp. 211287. (Cold Spring
Harbor Laboratory: Cold Spring Harbor, NY)

Example 3: Typical book citation including an edition number

Mahley RW, Rall SC Jr (1995) Type III hyperlipoproteinemia (dysbetalipoproteinemia): the role of
apolipoprotein E in normal and abnormal lipoprotein metabolism. In The metabolic and molecular
bases of inherited disease. 7th edn. (Eds CR Scriver, AL Beaudet, WS Sly, D Valle) pp. 19531980.
(McGraw-Hill: New York)

Example 4: Typical book citation of an item in a series, which includes a series title and a volume
number

Rinchik EM, Russell LB (1990) Germ-line deletion mutations in the mouse: tools for intensive
functional and physical mapping of regions of the mammalian genome. In Genome analysis. Vol. 1:
Genetic and physical mapping. (Eds K Davies, S Tilghman) pp. 121158. (Cold Spring Harbor
Laboratory Press: Cold Spring Harbor, NY)

Example 5: A book citation translated from the original language
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Chartier R (Ed.) (1989) A history of private life: passions of the Renaissance. (Transl. A
Goldhammer) (The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press: Cambridge, MA)

Example 6: A book citation with authors but without editors

Petes TD, Malone RE, Symington LS (1991) Recombination in yeast. In The molecular and cellular
biology of the yeast Saccharomyces. pp. 407521. (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory: Cold Spring
Harbor, NY)
[with a request to the author for the missing editor details] [or allow editor details to be optional]
Example 7: A book citation without a chapter page range

Tulving E (1972) Episodic and semantic memory. In Organisation and memory. (Eds E Tulving, W
Donaldson) (Academic Press: New York)
[with a request to the author for the missing page range] [or allow page details to be optional]
Example 8: A book citation without a publisher location

Kano M, Konnerth, A (1992) Cerebellar slices for patch clamp recording. In Practical
electrophysiological methods. (Eds H Kettenmann, R Grantyn) pp. 5457. (Wiley-Liss)
[with a request to the author for the missing publisher location] [or allow publisher details to be
optional]

Example 9: A book with editors, but without chapter authors

Ausubel FM, Brent R, Kingston RE, Moore DD, Seidman JG, Smith JA, Struhl K (Eds) (1994)
Phenol/SDS method for plant RNA preparation. In Current protocols in molecular biology. Vol. 1.
pp. 4.3.14.3.3. (Wiley Interscience: New York)

Example 10: Citation including a section number and/or part number.

Valtin H (1992) Genetic models of diabetes insipidus. In Handbook of physiology. Section 8. Renal
physiology. (Ed. EE Windhager) pp. 12811316. (Oxford: New York)

Nicoll CS (1974) Physiological actions of prolactin. In Handbook of physiology. Section 7. Vol. IV.
(Eds R Greep, EB Astwood, E Knobil, WH Sawyer, SR Geiger) pp. 253292. (American Physiological
Society: Washington, DC)

Wiersma CAG, Roach JLM (1977) Principles in the organisation of invertebrate sensory systems. In
Handbook of physiology. Section 1: The nervous system. Vol. I, Part 2. (Eds JM Brookhart, VB
Mountcastle) pp. 10891135. (American Physiological Society: Bethesda, MD)

Encyclopedia examples

Example 1: An encyclopedia citation without an author

Cleveland WA (Ed) (1993) Comparative national statistics. Language. In Britannica world data. pp.
778782. (Encyclopedia Britannica: Chicago)

Example 2: An encyclopedia citation without an editor

Rolls BJ, Drewnowski A (1977) Nutrition and aging. In Encyclopedia of gerontology. pp. 429440.
(Academic: New York)

Wallis CG (Transl.) (1952) Great books of the western world. Vol. 16. p. 481. (Encyclopaedia
Britannica, Inc)*
[with a query to the author for place of publication] [or allow place of publication details to be
optional]

Thesis examples

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Example 1: University name includes city

Smith JA (2003) New Harpacticoida from south-east Australia. PhD Thesis, University of Melbourne.
Kennedy S J (1998) Foraging ecology of the swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) in the boxironbark
region of Victoria. BSc(Hons) thesis, University of Ballarat, Australia.

Example 2: University name does not include city.

Winter JW (1976) The behaviour and social organisation of the brush-tail possum (Trichosurus
vulpecula Kerr). PhD thesis, University of Queensland, Brisbane.

Conference proceedings examples

Hayman PT, Collett IJ (1996) Estimating soil water: to kick, to stick, to core or computer? In
Proceedings of the 8th Australian agronomy conference, Toowoomba. (Ed. M Asghar) p. 664.
(Australian Society of Agronomy: Toowoomba)

IJWF:
Ful PZ, McHugh C, Heinlein TA, Covington WW (2001) Potential fire behavior is reduced following
forest restoration treatments. In Ponderosa Pine Ecosystems Restoration and Conservation: Steps
toward Stewardship Proceedings, 2527 April 2000, Flagstaff, AZ. (Eds RK Vance, WW Covington,
CB Edminster, JA Blake) USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, RMRS-P-22, pp.
2835. (Ogden, UT)

Report/bulletin examples

Bloggs TH (1990) Effects of soil type on seed rate for wheat. NSW Agriculture Bulletin No. 232.
Wagga Wagga, NSW.

Chippendale GM, Wolf L (1981) The natural distribution of Eucalyptus in Australia. Special
Publication No. 6, Australian National Parks and Wildlife Service, Canberra.

IJWF:
Sandberg DV, Ottmar RD, Peterson JL, Core J (2002) Wildland fire on ecosystems: effects of fire on
air. USDA Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Report RMRS-GTR-42. (Ogden, UT)

IJWF (2):
Robichaud PR, MacDonald LH, Freeouf J, Neary D, Martin D (2003) Post-fire rehabilitation of the
Hayman Fire. In Hayman fire case study analysis. (Ed. RT Graham) USDA Forest Service, Rocky
Mountain Research Station, RMRS-GTR-114, pp. 293313. (Fort Collins CO)

Electronic versions of books

Chessells JM (2000) Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia. Version 1. In Encyclopaedia of life sciences.
(Nature Publishing Group: London) Available at http://www.els.net [Verified 6 September 2004]

Wilkes BJ, Peterson BM (2000) Active galaxies: observations. Version 1.0. In Encyclopedia of
astronomy and astrophysics. (Nature Publishing Group: London & Institute of Physics Publishing:
Bristol) Available at http://www.ency-astro.com [Verified 6 September 2004]

CD-ROM example

Fehmi JF (2002) A crop sequence calculator for designing dynamic cropping systems. In Proceedings
of the 10th Australian Society of Agronomy conference. (CD-ROM) (Australian Society of
Agronomy: Hobart)

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List 3: Other Harvard reference styles

Exploration Geophysics

Journal examples

Benhama, A., Cliet, C. and Dubesset, M., 1988, Study and application of spatial directional
filtering in three-component recordings: Geophysical Prospecting 36, 591613.

Castagna, J. P., 1993, Petrophysical imaging using AVO: The Leading Edge, 12, 172179.

Book examples

Davis, P.J., and Rabinowitz, P., 1975, Methods of Numerical Integration: Academic Press
Inc.

Sloan, E. D., 1990, Clathrate Hydrates of Natural Gases, Marcel Dekker.

Edited book example

Baker, D. W., and Carter, N.L., 1972, Seismic velocity anisotropy calculated for ultramafic
minerals and aggregates: in Heard, H.C., Borg, I.V., Carter, N.L., and Raleigh, C.B. (eds.),
Flow and Fracture of Rocks: Am. Geophys. Union, Geophys. Mono 16, 157166.

Conference paper example

Gist, G. A., 1994, Seismic attenuation from 3-D heterogeneities: A possible resolution of the
VSP attenuation paradox: 64th Annual International Meeting, Society of Exploration
Geophysicists, 10421045.

Stone, P.M., and Simsky, A., 2001, Constructing high resolution DEMs from airborne laser
scanner data: 15
th
Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, Australian Society of Exploration
Geophysicists, Extended Abstracts, 123124.

Thesis example

Luo Mu, 1996, Seismic Applications of Multi-Component Wavefield Separation Techniques:
M.Sc. thesis (unpublished), University of Queensland.

PASA

Journal example

Martn, E.

L., Rebolo, R., &

Zapatero Osorio, M. R.

1996, ApJ, 469, 706

Author [Last name, First-name initials], Author, & Author. Year, Journal abbreviated title,
Volume number, First page of article

Book example

Donat,

W., III, & Boksenberg,

A. J. 1993, The

Astronomical Almanac for the

Year 1994, Vol.
2

(2d ed.; Washington, DC:

GPO)

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Author [Last name, First-name initials], & Author. Year, Title, Volume if a multivolume work
(Edition, if any; City of publication: Publisher)
In the case of

a book, note space

between initials, comma and

ampersand (&) between authors,

no comma before parentheses

for place of publication,

and no page number.

Where specific
pages are

cited, these should be

given at the text

citation.

Article or chapter in an edited collection

Huchra, J. P. 1986,

in Inner Space/Outer Space,

ed. E. W. Kolb

et al. (Chicago: Univ.

Chicago
Press), 65

Author(s) [Last name, First-name initials]. Year, in Collection Title, ed. Editors by first-name
initials followed by last name (City of publication: Publisher), first page of article

Conference proceedings

Salpeter, E.

E., & Wasserman, I.

M. 1993, in ASP

Conf. Ser. 36, Planets

around Pulsars, ed. J.

A. Phillips, S. E.

Thorsett, & S. R.

Kulkarni (San Francisco: ASP),

345

Author(s) [Last name, First-name initials]. Year, in Conference series title [ASP Conf. Ser.,
AIP Conf. Proc., IAU Colloq., IAU Symp., etc.] and number, Volume title, ed. Editors by first-
name initials follwed by last name (City of publication: Publisher), first page of article

Star catalogs

Hoffleit, D. 1982, The

Bright Star Catalogue (New

Haven: Yale Univ. Obs.)

Author(s) [Last name, First-name initials]. Year, Catalog title (City of publication:
Publisher)

Electronic newsletter

(published only on-line)

In reference list: Hermoso, D. 1996,

ESA IUE Electron. Newsl.

46
Footnote to text at point of citation:
4
EAS IUE Electronic

Newsletter (Imhoff 1997) is

available at: http://www.vilspa.esa.es/iue/nl/newsl_46.html.

Instrument documentation

Gussenhoven, M.

S., Mullen, E. G.,

& Sagalyn, R. C.

1985, CRRES/SPACERAD Instrument
Description,

Document AFGL-TR-85-0017, Air Force

Geophysics Laboratory

Author(s) [Last name, First-name initials]. Year, Title, Document number, Issuing agency

Preprints

Smith, A. B.

1999, preprint (astro-ph/9812345)

Lockwood, G.

W., & Skiff, B.

A. 1988, Air Force

Geophys. Lab. preprint (AFGL-TR-88-
0221)

Author(s) [Last name, First-name initials]. Year, preprint (preprint series and number)
References

to preprints are acceptable

only for papers not

yet in print. For

papers that have
been

accepted but are not

yet in print, preprint

number may be given

at the end of

a reference
submitted or

in press [i.e., Smith,

A. B. 1999, ApJ,

in press (astro-ph/9912345)].

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Papers submitted or in press

Wolk, S.

J., & Walter, F.

M. 1999, ApJ, submitted

Wolk,

S. J., & Walter,

F. M. 1999, ApJ,

in press

Papers submitted but

not yet accepted for

publication should be listed

with the journal and

"submitted." Papers accepted for

publication should be listed

as "in press."

Preview

Journal examples

Blackburn, G. J., 1981, Seismic static corrections in irregular or steeply dipping water-bottom
environments: Expl. Geophys., 12, 93100.

Book example

Davis, P. J., and P. Rabinowitz, 1975, Methods of numerical integration: Academic Press Inc.

Edited book example

Baker, D. W., and N. L. Carter, 1972, Seismic velocity anisotropy calculated for ultramafic
minerals and aggregates, in H. C. Heard, I. V. Borg, N. L. Carter, and C. B. Raleigh, eds.,
Flow and fracture of rocks: American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monographs 16, 157
166.

Conference proceedings example

Constable, S. C., 1986, Offshore electromagnetic surveying techniques: 56th Annual
International Meeting, SEG, Expanded Abstracts, 8182.

Thesis example

Lodha, G. S., 1974, Quantitative interpretation of airborne electromagnetic response for a
spherical model: M.S. thesis, University of Toronto.

Electronic reference example

Roemmich, D., 1990, Sea-level change, http://www.nap.edu/books/0309040396/html,
accessed July 14, 2003.

Patent example

Anstey, N., 1976, Seismic delineation of oil and gas reservoirs using borehole geophones:
Canadian Patents 1 106 957 and 1114 937.

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Australian Journal of Chemistry and Environmental Chemistry

Journal examples

[1] J. V. Cizdziel, T. A. Hinners, C. Cross, J. Pollard, J. Environ. Monit. 2003, 5, 802.
doi:10.1039/B307641P

[2] J. K. King, J. E. Kostka, M. E. Frischer, F. M. Saunders, R. A. Jahnke, Environmental factors
influencing marine environments: a review. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2001, 35, 2491.
doi:10.1021/ES001813Q [Article title is optional]

[5] (a) V. R. Smith, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1962, 77, 345. (b) M. C. Bloggs, P. C. Builder, J. Org. Chem.
1999, 79, 101.

Book example

[4] K. Latjha, R. H. Michener, Stable Isotopes in Ecology and Environmental Science 1994
(Blackwell: New York, NY).

Edited book example

[3] J. G. Wiener, D. J. Spry, in Environmental Contaminants in Wildlife: Interpreting Tissue
Concentrations (Eds W. N. Beyer, G. H. Heinz, A. W. Redmond) 1996, pp. 208297 (Lewis: Boca
Raton, FL).

[4] A. B. Bloggs, C. D. Smith, in Pigments in Nature (Ed. M. E. Brown) 1996, Vol. 6, Ch. 8, p. 98
(Permagon: Chicago, IL).

[3] F. W. McLafferty, D. B. Staffer (Eds), Wiley Atlas of Mass Spectral Data 1989, Vol. 1 (John
Wiley: New York, NY).


[5] W. Stumm, J. J. Morgan, in Aquatic Chemistry, 2nd edn 1981, pp. 3689 (Wiley-Interscience:
New York, NY). [Query for editors]

Report example

[6] Determination of Metals and Trace Elements in Water and Wastes by Inductively Coupled
PlasmaAtomic Emission Spectrometry, EPA/600/4-91/010 1991, p. 31 (US EPA: Washington, DC).

Electronic reference example

[7] T. Ressler, WinXAS Manual Ver. 3.1 2004 (Fritz Haber Institut: Berlin). www.winxas.de (verified
December 2005)

(ENV)

[7] T. Ressler, WinXAS Manual Ver. 3.1 2004 (Fritz Haber Institut: Berlin). Available at
www.winxas.de [Verified December 2005]

Conference examples

[8] I. C. Agarwal, R. K. Srivastava, A. Agaewal, in Proc. 4th Int. Congr. Environmental Geotechnics
2002, (Eds G. Carlile, C. Richardson) pp. 141144 (ISSMGE: London).

[9] H. B. Xue, L. Sigg, in Abstracts, 213th ACS National Meeting, San Francisco, 1317 April 1997,
(ACS: Washington, DC). [Query for page numbers, editors]
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Thesis example (ENV)

[10] K. Parnell, Hydrodynamics of fringing reef bays of the GBR Marine Park with emphasis on
management 1987, Ph.D. thesis, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld, Australia.

[46] B. Lovell, Phosphorus sources, forms and mobility in the Latrobe River catchment 2 006,
B.Sc.(Hons) thesis, University of Melbourne, Vic.

Australian Infection Control

Journal example

Weber JM, Sheridan RL, Pasternack MS and Tompkins RG. Nosocomial infections in
paediatric patients with burns. Am J Infect Control 1997;25:195201.

Book example

Reese RE and Betts RF (eds). A Practical Approach to Infectious Diseases (4th ed). Boston:
Little, Brown and Co., 1996.

Chapters in books

Lynch P. Epidemiology and surveillance. In: Axnick KJ and Yarbrough M (eds). Infection
Control, An Integrated Approach. St Louis: CV Mosby, 1984: pp 83118.

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin

Journal examples

1. Everett RB, Jimerson GK. The rape victim: a review of 117 consecutive cases. Obstet Gynecol 1977;
50: 8890

2. Boyd RL. The development of murine T lymphocytes. Immunol Today 1995 (in press.)

More than six authors:


3. Parkin DM, Clayton D, Black RJ, Masuyer E, Friedl HP, Ivanov

E, et al. Childhood leukaemia in
Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year follow-up. Br J Cancer 1996; 73: 1006-12.

Organisation as author


4. The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Clinical exercise

stress testing. Safety and
performance guidelines. Med J Aust

1996; 164: 2824.

No author given


5. Cancer in South Africa [editorial]. S Afr Med J 1994; 84: 15.

Report example

6. Silver MD, Young A, Briones C. Assessment of the information and education needs of people with
HIV from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Sydney: Federation of AIDS
Organisations/National Association of People with AIDS, 1998.

Book example

7. Brown D. Criminal laws. Sydney: Federation Press, 2001.

Chapter in book

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8. Kantola J, Squires J. Prostitution policies in Britain. In: Outshoorn J, editor. The politics of
prostitution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. pp. 6281.

Chapter in book (no editors)
9. Smith PQ. The price of fish in China. In: Worldwide fish prices. Sydney: Australian FishFacts
Register, 2005.

Conference proceedings example


10. Kimura J, Shibasaki H, editors. Recent advances in clinical

neurophysiology. Proceedings of the
10th International Congress

of EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology; 1995 Oct 15-19; Kyoto,

Japan.
Amsterdam: Elsevier, 1996.

Conference paper example



11. Bengtsson S, Solheim BG. Enforcement of data protection, privacy

and security in medical
informatics. In: Lun KC, Degoulet P,

Piemme TE, Rienhoff O, editors. MEDINFO 92. Proceedings of
the

7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 September 610; Geneva,

Switzerland.
Amsterdam: Foundation for Medical Informatics, 1992. p. 15615.



Online material example

12. Parker R, Aggleton P, Attawell K, Pulerwitz J, Brown L. HIV/AIDS-related stigma and
discrimination: a conceptual framework and an agenda for action. New York: Population Council,
2004. Available at www.popcouncil.org/hivaids/stigma.html. Accessed January 2005.

Sexual Health

Journal examples

1. Everett RB, Jimerson GK. The rape victim: a review of 117 consecutive cases. Obstet Gynecol 1977;
50: 8890

2. Boyd RL. The development of murine T lymphocytes. Immunol Today 1995 (in press.)

More than six authors:


3. Parkin DM, Clayton D, Black RJ, Masuyer E, Friedl HP, Ivanov

E, et al. Childhood leukaemia in
Europe after Chernobyl: 5 year follow-up. Br J Cancer 1996; 73: 1006-12.

Organisation as author


4. The Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand. Clinical exercise

stress testing. Safety and
performance guidelines. Med J Aust

1996; 164: 2824.

No author given


5. Cancer in South Africa [editorial]. S Afr Med J 1994; 84: 15.

Report example

6. Silver MD, Young A, Briones C. Assessment of the information and education needs of people with
HIV from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Sydney: Federation of AIDS
Organisations/National Association of People with AIDS; 1998.

Book example

7. Brown D. Criminal laws. Sydney: Federation Press; 2001.

Chapter in book

8. Kantola J, Squires J. Prostitution policies in Britain. In: Outshoorn J, editor. The politics of
prostitution. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; 2004. pp. 6281.
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Chapter in book (no editors)
9. Smith PQ. The price of fish in China. In: Worldwide fish prices. Sydney: Australian FishFacts
Register; 2005.

Conference proceedings example


10. Kimura J, Shibasaki H, editors. Recent advances in clinical

neurophysiology. Proceedings of the
10th International Congress

of EMG and Clinical Neurophysiology; 1995 Oct 15-19; Kyoto,

Japan.
Amsterdam: Elsevier; 1996.

Conference paper example



11. Bengtsson S, Solheim BG. Enforcement of data protection, privacy

and security in medical
informatics. In: Lun KC, Degoulet P,

Piemme TE, Rienhoff O, editors. MEDINFO 92. Proceedings of
the

7th World Congress on Medical Informatics; 1992 September 610; Geneva,

Switzerland.
Amsterdam: Foundation for Medical Informatics; 1992. p. 15615.



Online material example

12. Parker R, Aggleton P, Attawell K, Pulerwitz J, Brown L. HIV/AIDS-related stigma and
discrimination: a conceptual framework and an agenda for action. New York: Population Council;
2004. Available online at: www.popcouncil.org/hivaids/stigma.html [verified January 2005].