How to format your references using the Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX syles 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
Fuyuno, I. (2005). Ancient foil maker wraps up mobile-phone market. Nature, 436(7052), 775.
A journal article with 2 authors
Lau, W. C. Y., & Rubinstein, J. L. (2011). Subnanometre-resolution structure of the intact Thermus thermophilus H+-driven ATP synthase. Nature, 481(7380), 214–218.
A journal article with 3 authors
He, X., Gao, L., & Ma, N. (2013). One-step instant synthesis of protein-conjugated quantum dots at room temperature. Scientific reports, 3, 2825.
A journal article with 8 or more authors
Tovar, J., León-Avila, G., Sánchez, L. B., Sutak, R., Tachezy, J., van der Giezen, M., et al. (2003). Mitochondrial remnant organelles of Giardia function in iron-sulphur protein maturation. Nature, 426(6963), 172–176.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Akcoglu, M. A., Bartha, P. F. A., & Ha, D. M. (2009). Analysis in Vector Spaces. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
An edited book
Lopes, N. (2015). Machine Learning for Adaptive Many-Core Machines - A Practical Approach. (B. Ribeiro, Ed.) (Vol. 7). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
A chapter in an edited book
Carr, L. P., & Nanni, A. J. (2009). Delivering Results Context. In A. J. Nanni Jr. (Ed.), Delivering Results: Managing What Matters (pp. 41–57). New York, NY: Springer US.

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 Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research.

Blog post
Andrew, E. (2015, February 9). Comment From Scientist’s Daughter Sparks Discovery Of Possible New Cancer Treatment. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/comment-scientist-s-daughter-sparks-discovery-antibiotics-possible-cancer/. Accessed 30 October 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
Government Accountability Office. (2013). K-12 Education: States’ Test Security Policies and Procedures Varied (No. GAO-13-495R). 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
Spencer, K. H. (2008). Exploring the impact of problem -focused case writing pedagogy on novice teachers’ beliefs and practices concerning effective instructional intervention for young children and families (Doctoral dissertation). George Washington University, Washington, DC.

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
Crow, K. (2002, May 5). An Intersection Where “Oh, No!” Meets “Watch Out!” New York Times, p. 146.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Fuyuno 2005).
This sentence cites two references (Fuyuno 2005; Lau and Rubinstein 2011).

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

  • Two authors: (Lau and Rubinstein 2011)
  • Three or more authors: (Tovar et al. 2003)

About the journal

Full journal titleAdministration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
AbbreviationAdm. Policy Ment. Health
ISSN (print)0894-587X
ISSN (online)1573-3289
ScopeHealth Policy
Psychiatry and Mental health
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Phychiatric Mental Health

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