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AJEV Style

AJEV Style Guide

Who Should Use AJEV Style?

AJEV Style is the publication style of the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture. The Journal produces a "Guide for Authors," containing their style requirements for authors. Students in the Viticulture and Enology program at SCC may follow the citation instructions on this guide or by using the PDF linked above to correctly cite the sources used during their research.

For more information access the online manuscript submission and review system for the American Journal of Enology and Viticulture.

AJEV Style Examples 2025

AJEV coverEach citation consists of two parts:

1.     The in-text citation - provides very brief identifying information within the text.

2.     The reference list - full identifying information about each source used.

 

How to Format: In-Text Citations | Reference Lists | Formatting Reference List 

 

 


 

How to Format In-Text Citations

Examples:
Fluoridated water as well as various fluoride products such as toothpaste provide fluoride ions necessary for remineralization (Sanders and Ough 2006).

Sanders and Ough's study demonstrates that fluoridated water as well as various fluoride products such as toothpaste provide fluoride ions necessary for remineralization (2006).

"Fluoridated water as well as various fluoride products such as toothpaste provide fluoride ions necessary for remineralization" (Beech 2003).

One research study showed that fluoridated water as well as various fluoride products such as toothpaste provide fluoride ions necessary for remineralization (Frost et al. 2005).


How to Format Reference Lists


Standard References

ARTICLE FROM JOURNAL

Author(s). Year. Title in sentence case: Except after colons and Scientific names. Jour Abbv Vol:PageRangeorArticleNum. DOI

North M, Workmaster BA and Atucha A. 2021. Cold hardiness of cold climate interspecific hybrid grapevines grown in a cold climate region. Am J Enol Vitic 72:318-327. DOI: 10.5344/ajev.2021.21001

BOOK

Author(s). Year. Title in Title Case. Publisher, Location.

Boulton RB, Singleton VL, Bisson LF and Kunkee RE. 1996. Principles and Practices of Winemaking. Chapman & Hall, New York.

BOOK (NO AUTHORS LISTED)

Title In Title Case. Year. Editor and Editor (eds.). Publisher, Location.

Wine Globalization: A New Comparative History. 2018. Anderson K and Pinilla V (eds.). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

CHAPTER IN BOOK

Author(s). Year. Chapter name in sentence case. In Book Title in Title Case. Editor Name(s) (ed(s).), pp. StartPage-EndPage. Publisher, Location.

Sponholz WR. 1993. Wine spoilage by microorganisms. In Wine Microbiology and Biotechnology. Fleet GH (ed.), pp. 395-420. Harwood Academic Publishers, Chur, Switzerland


Nonstandard References

While AJEV strongly encourages the use of peer-reviewed articles as references whenever possible, there are circumstances where one is not available or another article type might be more suitable for citation, depending on context.  The following is an incomplete list of possible article types and the preferred referencing format for AJEV.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION

Author(s). Title in Title Case. Presented at the Conference, Location, Year. URL

Torres L, Brendecke S and Engel J. The Science Behind Packaging Quality. Presented at the 2015 ASBC Annual Meeting, La Quinta, CA, 2015. https://www.asbcnet.org/events/archives/2015Meeting/proceedings/2015Presentations/W_PackagingQuality.pdf

TECHNICAL PUBLICATION

Authoring Organization. Year. Title in Title Case. Editor(s) (ed(s).). Publisher, Location. DOI

ASTM. 2005. Corrosion Tests and Standards: Application and Interpretation. Baboian R (ed.). ASTM International, West Conshohocken, PA. DOI: 10.1520/MNL20-2ND-EB

INDUSTRY MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Author(s). Year. Article title in sentence case. Publication Title Vol:StartPage-EndPage Cottrell T. 2004. Microoxygenation. A modern tool for red wines. Wine Business Monthly 2:1–10.

ONLINE ARTICLE

Author(s). Year. Title in sentence case. Publication Name in Title Case. URL

Romano A. 2022. The 24 best canned wine releases of 2022. Wine Spectator. https://www.winespectator.com/articles/the-24-best-canned-wine-releases-of-2022

PATENT

Author(s). Patent name in sentence case. National patent PatentNumber, Date Month Year.

Stokes GJ and Barics SJ. Wine packed in aluminum containers. Australian patent AU2012901039A0, 29 March 2012.

POSTER

Author(s). Year. Title of poster in sentence case. URL

Scrimgeour N, Hirlam K and Wilkes EN. 2019. Extending the shelf life of commercial canned wines through manipulation of transition metals content. https://awitc.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/153-Extending-the-shelf-life-of-commercial-canned-wines-through-manipulation-of-transition-metals-content-NEW.pdf

R (SOFTWARE)

R Core Team. Year. R: A language and environment for statistical computing.

R Foundation for Statistical Computing, Vienna, Austria. https://www.R-project.org.

R (PACKAGE)

Individual packages are typically cited by their original authors (and year). See link below for specific directions. https://ropensci.org/blog/2021/11/16/how-to-cite-r-and-r-packages  

Lenth R. 2020. emmeans: Estimated Marginal Means, aka Least-Squares Means. R package version 1.5.5-1. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=emmeans.

RESEARCH FOCUS

Author(s). Year. Title of cited content in sentence case. Title of Publication.

Allison RB, Sacks GL, Maslov-Bandic L, Montgomery AH and Goddard J. 2020. The chemistry of canned wines. Appellation Cornell Research Focus 2020-1.

SINGLE DOCUMENT RELEASED ONLINE

Authoring Organization. Year. Title in sentence case. URL US EPA. 2020. Advancing sustainable materials management: 2018 fact sheet. https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2021-01/documents/2018_ff_fact_sheet_dec_2020_fnl_508.pdf


Nonstandard References

While AJEV strongly encourages the use of peer-reviewed articles as references whenever possible, there are circumstances where one is not available or another article type might be more suitable for citation, depending on context. The following is an incomplete list of possible article types and the preferred referencing format for AJEV.

YOUTUBE VIDEO

Contributors. Year. Title In Title Case. Institution. URL

Crochiere G, Karasek J, Scrimgeour N and Wilkes E. 2020. Canned Wine Part 1: New Information for Preparing Wines for Canning. Enartis USA.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wNNdbq2u57o

ONLINE RESOURCE

Author(s) or Organization. Year. Title in Title Case. URL. Date of access.

EPA. 2022. United States Environmental Protection Agency, Level III and IV Ecoregions by State. https://www.epa.gov/eco-research/level-iii-and-iv-ecoregions-state. Accessed 19 Dec 2022