How to format your references using the Evolution and Human Behavior citation style

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

Ricci-Tersenghi, F. (2010). Mathematics. Being glassy without being hard to solve. Science (New York, N.Y.), 330(6011), 1639–1640.

A journal article with 2 authors

Morton, J. J. L., & Mølmer, K. (2015). Quantum information: Spin memories in for the long haul. Nature, 517(7533), 153–154.

A journal article with 3 authors

Iwasawa, T., Hooley, R. J., & Rebek, J., Jr. (2007). Stabilization of labile carbonyl addition intermediates by a synthetic receptor. Science (New York, N.Y.), 317(5837), 493–496.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Hofferberth, S., Lesanovsky, I., Fischer, B., Schumm, T., & Schmiedmayer, J. (2007). Non-equilibrium coherence dynamics in one-dimensional Bose gases. Nature, 449(7160), 324–327.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lavagnini, I., Magno, F., Seraglia, R., & Traldi, P. (2006). Quantitative Applications of Mass Spectrometry. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Rong, J. (2016). Metasomatic Textures in Granites: Evidence from Petrographic Observation (F. Wang, Ed.). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Chhieng, D. C., & Stelow, E. B. (2007). Ancillary Testing for the Diagnosis of Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma. In E. B. Stelow (Ed.), Pancreatic Cytopathology (pp. 67–74). Springer US.

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 Evolution and Human Behavior.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2014, September 29). Do Periods Really Make Women Moody? IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/do-periods-really-make-women-moody/

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). Federal Family Education Loan Program: Statutory and Regulatory Changes Could Avert Billions in Unnecessary Federal Subsidy Payments (GAO-04-1070). 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

Smith, S. M. (2017). The Relationship Between Political Affiliation and Student Achievement in the Areas of Reading and Mathematics, with Respect to Black Students [Doctoral dissertation]. Lindenwood 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

Billard, M. (2010, October 3). Their Lotus Can’t Take Root On a Mat. New York Times, ST6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Ricci-Tersenghi, 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Morton & Mølmer, 2015; Ricci-Tersenghi, 2010).

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

Two authors: (Morton & Mølmer, 2015)
Three authors: (Iwasawa et al., 2007)
6 or more authors: (Hofferberth et al., 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Evolution and Human Behavior
Abbreviation	Evol. Hum. Behav.
ISSN (print)	1090-5138
Scope	Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology