How to format your references using the Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, 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	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

Spielman, I. B. (2015). Physics. Assembling a complex quantum ensemble. Science (New York, N.Y.), 348(6231), 185–186.

A journal article with 2 authors

Simon, R., & Stahl, Y. (2006). Botany. Plant cells CLEave their way to differentiation. Science (New York, N.Y.), 313(5788), 773–774.

A journal article with 3 authors

Burrone, J., O’Byrne, M., & Murthy, V. N. (2002). Multiple forms of synaptic plasticity triggered by selective suppression of activity in individual neurons. Nature, 420(6914), 414–418.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Frischmeyer, P. A., van Hoof, A., O’Donnell, K., Guerrerio, A. L., Parker, R., & Dietz, H. C. (2002). An mRNA surveillance mechanism that eliminates transcripts lacking termination codons. Science (New York, N.Y.), 295(5563), 2258–2261.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Packard, A. (2010). Digital Media Law. Wiley-Blackwell.

An edited book

Klok, H.-A., & Schlaad, H. (Eds.). (2006). Peptide Hybrid Polymers (Vol. 202). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Deb, S., & Ray, M. (2016). Child Abuse and Neglect in India, Risk Factors, and Protective Measures. In S. Deb (Ed.), Child Safety, Welfare and Well-being: Issues and Challenges (pp. 39–57). Springer India.

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 Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice.

Blog post

Andrews, R. (2016, August 25). One Year On From Pioneering Face Transplant, Patient Says Surgery Has “Given Me Back My Life.” IFLScience; IFLScience.

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. (2004). Student Loan Programs: Lower Interest Rates and Higher Loan Volume Have Increased Federal Consolidation Loan Costs (GAO-04-568T). 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

Tzillah, A. (2009). The emissions of selected air pollutants from biodiesel fuel usage [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Cincinnati.

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

Mumford, S. (1960, January 17). Article 6 -- No Title. New York Times, MagazineSM79.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Spielman, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Simon & Stahl, 2006; Spielman, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Simon & Stahl, 2006)
Three authors: (Burrone et al., 2002)
6 or more authors: (Frischmeyer et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Coaching: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice
ISSN (print)	1752-1882
ISSN (online)	1752-1890
Scope	Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology