How to format your references using the Econometrics citation style

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

Gaston, K.J. Global Patterns in Biodiversity. Nature 2000, 405, 220–227.

A journal article with 2 authors

Duggavathi, R.; Murphy, B.D. Development. Ovulation Signals. Science 2009, 324, 890–891.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lee, S.; Bluemle, M.J.; Bates, F.S. Discovery of a Frank-Kasper Sigma Phase in Sphere-Forming Block Copolymer Melts. Science 2010, 330, 349–353.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Stone, E.C.; Cummings, A.C.; McDonald, F.B.; Heikkila, B.C.; Lal, N.; Webber, W.R. Voyager 1 Explores the Termination Shock Region and the Heliosheath Beyond. Science 2005, 309, 2017–2020.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rezg, N.; Hajej, Z.; Boschian-Campaner, V. Production and Maintenance Optimization Problems; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ, 2016; ISBN 9781119370888.

An edited book

Morschett, D. Strategic International Management: Text and Cases; Schramm-Klein, H., Zentes, J., Eds.; 2nd ed.; Gabler: Wiesbaden, 2010; ISBN 9783834925350.

A chapter in an edited book

Williams, J.N. Human Population and the Hotspots Revisited: A 2010 Assessment. In Biodiversity Hotspots: Distribution and Protection of Conservation Priority Areas; Zachos, F.E., Habel, J.C., Eds.; Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2011; pp. 61–81 ISBN 9783642209918.

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 Econometrics.

Blog post

Andrew, E. Fluorescent Fish Show Off To Mates But Remain Hidden From Predators Available online: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/fluorescent-fish-show-mates-remain-hidden-predators/ (accessed on 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 Aviation Safety: FAA Oversight of Aviation Repair Stations; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1998;

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Shaker, G. Off the Track: The Full-Time Nontenure -Track Faculty Experience in English. Doctoral dissertation, Indiana University: Bloomington, IN, 2008.

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

de la MERCED, M.J. Elliott Hedge Fund Tries to Beat Buffett’s Offer for Utility Operator. New York Times 2017, B3.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Econometrics
ISSN (online)	2225-1146
Scope