How to format your references using the Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology. 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
Scalapino, D. J. (2008). Physics. This coincidence cannot be accidental. Science (New York, N.Y.), 319(5869), 1492–1493.
A journal article with 2 authors
Heilbron, J. L., & Bynum, W. F. (2003). 1903 and all that. Nature, 421(6918), 15–18.
A journal article with 3 authors
Rogers, R. R., Krause, D. W., & Curry Rogers, K. (2003). Cannibalism in the Madagascan dinosaur Majungatholus atopus. Nature, 422(6931), 515–518.
A journal article with 8 or more authors
Bhujbal, S. V., de Haan, B., Niclou, S. P., & de Vos, P. (2014). A novel multilayer immunoisolating encapsulation system overcoming protrusion of cells. Scientific Reports, 4, 6856.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Riegel, M., Kroeselberg, D., Chindapol, A., & Premec, D. (2009). Deploying Mobile WiMAX. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
An edited book
Brooks, A. L., Brahnam, S., & Jain, L. C. (Eds.). (2014). Technologies of Inclusive Well-Being: Serious Games, Alternative Realities, and Play Therapy (Vol. 536). Springer.
A chapter in an edited book
Schär, M. O., & Rodeo, S. A. (2014). Biology of Injury and Repair of Soft Tissues of the Shoulder. In G. Milano & A. Grasso (Eds.), Shoulder Arthroscopy: Principles and Practice (pp. 59–72). Springer.

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 Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology.

Blog post
Andrew, D. (2016, October 17). Ban Imported American Lobsters – Before They Take Over Europe. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ban-imported-american-lobsters-before-they-take-over-europe/

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. (1990). Government Civilian Aircraft: Use of Government Aircraft by the Attorney General and FBI Director (GGD-90-84). 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
Diaz Gonzalez, A. J. (2017). High-Pressure Study of Bio-inspired Multi-Functional Nanocomposites Using Atomic Force Microscopy Methods [Doctoral dissertation]. George Washington 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
Shpigel, B. (2016, September 12). At 8 Feet Tall, He Sat Down and Started Getting Noticed. New York Times, D1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Scalapino, 2008).
This sentence cites two references (Heilbron & Bynum, 2003; Scalapino, 2008).

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

  • Two authors: (Heilbron & Bynum, 2003)
  • Three authors: (Rogers et al., 2003)
  • 6 or more authors: (Bhujbal et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal titleCanadian Journal of Experimental Psychology
AbbreviationCan. J. Exp. Psychol.
ISSN (print)1196-1961
ISSN (online)1878-7290
ScopeGeneral Medicine
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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