How to format your references using the Asia Pacific Management Review citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Asia Pacific Management Review. 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
Foote, R. (2007). Mathematics and complex systems. Science (New York, N.Y.), 318(5849), 410–412.
A journal article with 2 authors
Shen, J., & Dahmann, C. (2005). Extrusion of cells with inappropriate Dpp signaling from Drosophila wing disc epithelia. Science (New York, N.Y.), 307(5716), 1789–1790.
A journal article with 3 authors
Hwang, J., Timusk, T., & Carbotte, J. P. (2007). Scanning-tunnelling spectra of cuprates. Nature, 446(7132), E3-4.
A journal article with 8 or more authors
Melillo, J. M., Steudler, P. A., Aber, J. D., Newkirk, K., Lux, H., Bowles, F. P., Catricala, C., Magill, A., Ahrens, T., & Morrisseau, S. (2002). Soil warming and carbon-cycle feedbacks to the climate system. Science (New York, N.Y.), 298(5601), 2173–2176.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Noordenbos, G. (2013). Recovery from Eating Disorders. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An edited book
Orlovskaya, N., & Lugovy, M. (Eds.). (2011). Boron Rich Solids: Sensors, Ultra High Temperature Ceramics, Thermoelectrics, Armor. Springer Netherlands.
A chapter in an edited book
Strank, W. (2013). The Legacy of iMuse: Interactive Video Game Music in the 1990s. In P. Moormann (Ed.), Music and Game: Perspectives on a Popular Alliance (pp. 81–91). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.

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 Asia Pacific Management Review.

Blog post
Andrew, E. (2014, January 30). Axolotl feared extinct in the wild. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/axolotl-feared-extinct-wild/

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. (1975). Information on the New Community of Soul City, North Carolina (RED-76-52). 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
Curiel, A. R. (2013). A re-examination of the Meyers and Volbrecht motor equation for the identification of suspect effort [Doctoral dissertation]. Pepperdine University.

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
Saslow, L. (2007, January 28). Nassau Has $100 Million for Open Space. New York Times, 14LI2.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Foote, 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Foote, 2007; Shen & Dahmann, 2005).

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

  • Two authors: (Shen & Dahmann, 2005)
  • Three authors: (Hwang et al., 2007)
  • 6 or more authors: (Melillo et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal titleAsia Pacific Management Review
AbbreviationAsia Pac. Manag. Rev.
ISSN (print)1029-3132
ScopeBusiness and International Management
Strategy and Management

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