How to format your references using the European Journal of Family Business citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Family Business. 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

Govindan, R. (2014). Cancer. Attack of the clones. Science (New York, N.Y.), 346(6206), 169–170.

A journal article with 2 authors

Vollmer, S. V., & Palumbi, S. R. (2002). Hybridization and the evolution of reef coral diversity. Science (New York, N.Y.), 296(5575), 2023–2025.

A journal article with 3 authors

Villar, G., Graham, A. D., & Bayley, H. (2013). A tissue-like printed material. Science (New York, N.Y.), 340(6128), 48–52.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Ferraroli, S., Georges, J.-Y., Gaspar, P., & Le Maho, Y. (2004). Endangered species: where leatherback turtles meet fisheries. Nature, 429(6991), 521–522.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cobb, K. (2008). The Blackwell Guide to Theology and Popular Culture. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

An edited book

Plaja, L., Torres, R., & Zaïr, A. (Eds.). (2013). Attosecond Physics: Attosecond Measurements and Control of Physical Systems (Vol. 177). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Wahsha, M., & Al-Rshaidat, M. M. D. (2014). Potentially Harmful Elements in Abandoned Mine Waste. In C. Bini & J. Bech (Eds.), PHEs, Environment and Human Health: Potentially harmful elements in the environment and the impact on human health (pp. 199–220). Springer Netherlands.

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 European Journal of Family Business.

Blog post

Andrew, D. (2017, January 13). You’re Probably Showering Way Too Often. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/youre-probably-showering-way-too-often/

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. (1973). United States Interests and Activities in Nepal (B-177681). 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

Ponder, K. (2017). Easing Stress by Helping Others: How Corporate Volunteer Programs Impact the Stress of Employees Within an Organization [Doctoral dissertation]. Southern Illinois 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

Shear, M. D., & Landler, M. (2017, May 27). U.S. Withholding Its Endorsement on Climate Pact. New York Times, A1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Govindan, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Govindan, 2014; Vollmer & Palumbi, 2002).

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

Two authors: (Vollmer & Palumbi, 2002)
Three authors: (Villar et al., 2013)
6 or more authors: (Ferraroli et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	European Journal of Family Business
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Fam. Bus.
ISSN (print)	2444-877X
Scope