How to format your references using the China Journal of Economic Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for China Journal of Economic 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:

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

Sachdev S. Physics. Entangling superconductivity and antiferromagnetism. Science. 2012 Jun 22;336(6088):1510–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Olivera BM, Teichert RW. Neuroscience: chemical ecology of pain. Nature. 2011 Nov 16;479(7373):306–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

Zhang Y, Lu H, Bargmann CI. Pathogenic bacteria induce aversive olfactory learning in Caenorhabditis elegans. Nature. 2005 Nov 10;438(7065):179–84.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Fouchet T, Guerlet S, Strobel DF, Simon-Miller AA, Bézard B, Flasar FM. An equatorial oscillation in Saturn’s middle atmosphere. Nature. 2008 May 8;453(7192):200–2.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hendrick J. Law and Ethics in Children’s Nursing. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.

An edited book

Bonacker T, Safferling C, editors. Victims of International Crimes: An Interdisciplinary Discourse. The Hague, The Netherlands: T. M. C. Asser Press; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Brouquet A, Andreou A, Shindoh J, Vauthey J-N. Methods to Improve Resectability of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. In: Vauthey J-N, Brouquet A, editors. Multidisciplinary Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 57–67.

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 China Journal of Economic Research.

Blog post

Andrew E. Informed Consent For Stem Cell Research: Why It Matters And What You Should Know [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/informed-consent-stem-cell-research-why-it-matters-and-what-you-should-know/

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. Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Fiscal Year 2009 Airport and Airway Trust Fund Excise Taxes. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2009 Nov. Report No.: GAO-10-92R.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Morikawa T. Aerodynamic analysis of an over-the-wing engine-mount aircraft [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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. Extraterrestrial Fun, Until Someone Gets Hurt. New York Times. 2017 Mar 23;C6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Sachdev 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Olivera and Teichert 2011; Sachdev 2012).

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

Two authors: (Olivera and Teichert 2011)
Three or more authors: (Fouchet et al. 2008)

About the journal

Full journal title	China Journal of Economic Research
ISSN (online)	2199-4722
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