How to format your references using the Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Koen, D. (2004). Introductory matters. Nature, 429(6991), 584.

A journal article with 2 authors

Pickard, C. J., & Needs, R. J. (2014). High-pressure physics: Piling on the pressure. Nature, 511(7509), 294–295.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hannon, J. B., Tersoff, J., & Tromp, R. M. (2002). Surface stress and thermodynamic nanoscale size selection. Science (New York, N.Y.), 295(5553), 299–301.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Jutzi, P., Mix, A., Rummel, B., Schoeller, W. W., Neumann, B., & Stammler, H.-G. (2004). The (Me5C5)Si+ cation: a stable derivative of HSi+. Science (New York, N.Y.), 305(5685), 849–851.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Deutscher Beton- und Bautechnik-Ver. (2015). Beispiele zur Bemessung nach Eurocode 2. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

Alberts, D., Lluria-Prevatt, M., Kha, S., & Weihs, K. (Eds.). (2016). Supportive Cancer Care. Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Godart, B., de Rooij, M., & Wood, J. G. M. (2013). Confirmation Investigation. In B. Godart, M. de Rooij, & J. G. M. Wood (Eds.), Guide to Diagnosis and Appraisal of AAR Damage to Concrete in Structures: Part 1 Diagnosis (AAR 6.1) (pp. 31–63). 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 Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice.

Blog post

Andrew, D. (2016, October 20). Unusual Conditions: What Is Rapunzel Syndrome And Why Do Some People Eat Hair? IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/unusual-conditions-what-is-rapunzel-syndrome-and-why-do-some-people-eat-hair/

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. (1970). Savings Possible by Buying Automatic Data Processing Equipment or by Leasing It From Commercial Leasing Firms (B-114829). 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

Phongprasert, A. V. (2010). MSW students’ perceived knowledge and perceptions of effectiveness of the child welfare system [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

Kenigsberg, B. (2017, September 28). Film Series. New York Times, C21.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Koen, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Koen, 2004; Pickard & Needs, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Pickard & Needs, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Jutzi et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice
ISSN (online)	2372-9414
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