How to format your references using the Development Policy Review citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Development Policy Review. 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

Tobias, J. A. (2015) ‘Biodiversity: Hidden impacts of logging’, Nature 523(7559): 163–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Takeuchi, T. and Morris, R. G. M. (2014) ‘Neuroscience: Shedding light on a change of mind’, Nature 513(7518): 323–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

Villegas, P.; Moretti, P. and Muñoz, M. A. (2014) ‘Frustrated hierarchical synchronization and emergent complexity in the human connectome network’, Scientific reports 4: 5990.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Sato, Y.; Yoshikawa, A.; Yamagata, A.; Mimura, H.; Yamashita, M.; Ookata, K.; Nureki, O.; Iwai, K.; Komada, M. and Fukai, S. (2008) ‘Structural basis for specific cleavage of Lys 63-linked polyubiquitin chains’, Nature 455(7211): 358–62.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Heywood, J. (2005) Engineering Education. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Thompson, W. M. O. (ed.) (2011) The Whitefly, Bemisia Tabaci (Homoptera: Aleyrodidae) Interaction with Geminivirus-Infected Host Plants: Bemisia Tabaci, Host Plants and Geminiviruses. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

André, F. J.; Cardenete, M. A. and Romero, C. (2010) ‘Multicriteria Economic Policies: General Ideas and Some Previous Experiences’, in M. A. Cardenete and C. Romero (eds) Designing Public Policies: An Approach Based on Multi-Criteria Analysis and Computable General Equilibrium Modeling. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer (Lecture Notes in Economics and Mathematical Systems).

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 Development Policy Review.

Blog post

Hamilton, K. (2016) Swimming The Atlantic Is An Extreme Act Of Human Endurance – Here’s What The Body Will Go Through, IFLScience. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/swimming-the-atlantic-is-an-extreme-act-of-human-endurance-heres-what-the-body-will-go-through/ (Accessed: 30 October 2018).

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 (1996) Railroad Safety: DOT Faces Challenges in Improving Grade Crossing Safety, Track Inspection Standards, and Passenger Car Safety. T-RCED-96-114. Washington, DC: 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

Wood, R. D. (2010) Correlation of Conductor Leadership Style, Musician Employment Status, Organizational Participation to Orchestra Musician Job Satisfaction. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix.

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

Qiu, L. (2017) ‘Across the Spectrum, Conspiracy Talk Is Rife’, New York Times, 11 April, A22.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Tobias, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Takeuchi and Morris, 2014; Tobias, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Takeuchi and Morris, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Sato et al., 2008)

About the journal

Full journal title	Development Policy Review
Abbreviation	Dev. Policy Rev.
ISSN (print)	0950-6764
ISSN (online)	1467-7679
Scope	Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Development Geography, Planning and Development