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

Dalibard, J. (2009). Journal club. A quantum-gas specialist learns about crystals from his own science. Nature, 457(7230), 639.

A journal article with 2 authors

Voit, G. M., & Bryan, G. L. (2001). Regulation of the X-ray luminosity of clusters of galaxies by cooling and supernova feedback. Nature, 414(6862), 425–427.

A journal article with 3 authors

Levey, D. J., Duncan, R. S., & Levins, C. F. (2004). Animal behaviour: use of dung as a tool by burrowing owls. Nature, 431(7004), 39.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Wilson, B., Dewers, T., Reches, Z., & Brune, J. (2005). Particle size and energetics of gouge from earthquake rupture zones. Nature, 434(7034), 749–752.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Pruitt, G. (2016). The Ultimate Algorithmic Trading System Toolbox + Website. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Courbage, C. (Ed.). (2016). The Geneva Papers: 40 Years at the Cutting Edge of Research in Insurance Economics. Palgrave Macmillan UK.

A chapter in an edited book

Davies, P., Sanders, D. L., & Amos, R. (2015). Learning in Cultivated Gardens and Other Outdoor Landscapes. In C. J. Boulter, M. J. Reiss, & D. L. Sanders (Eds.), Darwin-Inspired Learning (pp. 47–58). SensePublishers.

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

Davis, J. (2016, November 21). Town In New Zealand Builds An Underpass To Save Their Tiny Penguins. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/town-in-new-zealand-builds-an-underpass-to-save-their-tiny-penguins/

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. (1997). Head Start: Research Provides Little Information on Impact of Current Program (HEHS-97-59). 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

Dylla, A. G. (2009). Synthesis, characterization and catalytic studies of bimetallic nanoparticles [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Maryland, College Park.

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

Fitzgerald, A. (2017, August 2). Worlds in a Cell. New York Times, BR13.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Dalibard, 2009).
This sentence cites two references (Dalibard, 2009; Voit & Bryan, 2001).

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

Two authors: (Voit & Bryan, 2001)
Three authors: (Levey et al., 2004)
6 or more authors: (Wilson et al., 2005)

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