How to format your references using the Asian Population Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Asian Population Studies. 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:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX 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

Hildebrandt, P. (2014). Biochemistry. More than fine tuning. Science (New York, N.Y.), 346(6216), 1456–1457.

A journal article with 2 authors

Whitson, J. A., & Galinsky, A. D. (2008). Lacking control increases illusory pattern perception. Science (New York, N.Y.), 322(5898), 115–117.

A journal article with 3 authors

Richmond, B. J., Liu, Z., & Shidara, M. (2003). Neuroscience. Predicting future rewards. Science (New York, N.Y.), 301(5630), 179–180.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Avdoshenko, S. M., Koskinen, P., Sevinçli, H., Popov, A. A., & Rocha, C. G. (2013). Topological signatures in the electronic structure of graphene spirals. Scientific Reports, 3, 1632.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bai, Y. (2010). Practical Database Programming with Visual C#.NET. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Takayasu, M., Watanabe, T., & Takayasu, H. (Eds.). (2010). Econophysics Approaches to Large-Scale Business Data and Financial Crisis. Springer Japan.

A chapter in an edited book

On behalf of the membership of RILEM TC 219-ACS, Nixon, P. J., & Sims, I. (2016). RILEM Recommended Test Method: AAR-2—Detection of Potential Alkali-Reactivity—Accelerated Mortar-Bar Test Method for Aggregates. In P. J. Nixon & I. Sims (Eds.), RILEM Recommendations for the Prevention of Damage by Alkali-Aggregate Reactions in New Concrete Structures: State-of-the-Art Report of the RILEM Technical Committee 219-ACS (pp. 61–77). Springer Netherlands.

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 Asian Population Studies.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2014, March 31). Scientists Make Headway Toward Invisibility Cloaking. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-make-headway-toward-invisibility-cloaking/

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. (2005). Telecommunications: Application of the Antideficiency Act and Other Fiscal Controls to FCC’s E-Rate Program (GAO-05-546T). 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

Negussie, H. (2014). Integration of indigenous knowledge and cultural practices in early childhood care and education programs in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: An exploratory case study [Doctoral dissertation]. California State University, Long Beach.

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

Shpigel, B. (2017, May 30). Finally on Big Stage, Predators Stumble in an Uneven Performance. New York Times, B9.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Hildebrandt, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Hildebrandt, 2014; Whitson & Galinsky, 2008).

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

Two authors: (Whitson & Galinsky, 2008)
Three or more authors: (Avdoshenko et al., 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Asian Population Studies
Abbreviation	Asian Popul. Stud.
ISSN (print)	1744-1730
ISSN (online)	1744-1749
Scope	Demography