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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Heckel, D. G. (2012). Ecology. Insecticide resistance after Silent spring. Science (New York, N.Y.), 337(6102), 1612–1614.

A journal article with 2 authors

You, J. Q., & Nori, F. (2011). Atomic physics and quantum optics using superconducting circuits. Nature, 474(7353), 589–597.

A journal article with 3 authors

Vajda, V., Raine, J. I., & Hollis, C. J. (2001). Indication of global deforestation at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary by New Zealand fern spike. Science (New York, N.Y.), 294(5547), 1700–1702.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Pogna, E. A. A., Rodríguez-Tinoco, C., Krisch, M., Rodríguez-Viejo, J., & Scopigno, T. (2013). Acoustic-like dynamics of amorphous drugs in the THz regime. Scientific Reports, 3, 2518.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Guillaume, P. (2006). Music and Acoustics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Okonkwo, B. (Ed.). (2014). Christian Ethics and Corporate Culture: A Critical View on Corporate Responsibilities. Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Rosario, T. C., & Dorsey, J. M. (2016). Superpowers, Regional Hegemons, Ethno-Nations, and Sectarian States: Identity Politics in Transition Regimes. In J. M. Dorsey (Ed.), Comparative Political Transitions between Southeast Asia and the Middle East and North Africa: Lost in Transition (pp. 89–122). Palgrave Macmillan 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

Taub, B. (2016, September 23). The Amount Of Sex You Have May Determine How Vulnerable You Are To Drug Addiction. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/amount-sex-may-determine-vulnerable-drug-addiction/

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. (2013). Data Center Consolidation: Strengthened Oversight Needed to Achieve Cost Savings Goal (GAO-13-378). 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

Ireland, K. S. (2017). The Role Family Communication Patterns Play in Shaping People’s Responses and Perceived Outcomes to Boundary Turbulence via Privacy Breaches in Their Personal Relationships [Doctoral dissertation]. California State University, Long Beach.

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

(nyt), S. K. (2004, May 19). World Briefing | Europe: Russia: 11 Killed In Chechen Ambushes. New York Times, A6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Heckel, 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Heckel, 2012; You & Nori, 2011).

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

Two authors: (You & Nori, 2011)
Three or more authors: (Pogna et al., 2013)

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