How to format your references using the Frontiers in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Frontiers in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. 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

Minetti, A. E. (2003). Physiology: efficiency of equine express postal systems. Nature 426, 785–786.

A journal article with 2 authors

Johansson, L. C., and Norberg, R. A. (2003). Delta-wing function of webbed feet gives hydrodynamic lift for swimming propulsion in birds. Nature 424, 65–68.

A journal article with 3 authors

Coaker, G., Falick, A., and Staskawicz, B. (2005). Activation of a phytopathogenic bacterial effector protein by a eukaryotic cyclophilin. Science 308, 548–550.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Jaworski, T., Dewachter, I., Lechat, B., Gees, M., Kremer, A., Demedts, D., et al. (2011). GSK-3α/β kinases and amyloid production in vivo. Nature 480, E4-5; discussion E6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Galwey, N. W. (2014). Introduction to Mixed Modelling. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Rauscher, R. C. (2014). Brooklyn’s Bushwick - Urban Renewal in New York, USA: Community, Planning and Sustainable Environments. , ed. S. Momtaz Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Gunawardena, M., and Petraki, E. (2014). “Critical Thinking Skills in the EAP Classroom,” in English for Academic Purposes (EAP) in Asia: Negotiating Appropriate Practices in a Global Context, eds. I. Liyanage and T. Walker (Rotterdam: SensePublishers), 65–77.

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 Frontiers in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015). Stephen Hawking Announces $100 Million Pledge To Search For Intelligent Extraterrestrial Life. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/space/100-million-pledged-search-intelligent-extraterrestrial-life-and-you-can-help/ [Accessed October 30, 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 (1992). Space Station: Delays in Dealing With Space Debris May Reduce Safety and Increase Costs. Washington, DC: 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

Mendez, H. (2009). Examination of friendship and burnout among child welfare workers.

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

Feeney, K. (2007). A Smorgasbord of Empanadas. New York Times, NJ6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Minetti, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Johansson and Norberg, 2003; Minetti, 2003).

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

Two authors: (Johansson and Norberg, 2003)
Three or more authors: (Jaworski et al., 2011)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
Abbreviation	Front. Psychol.
ISSN (online)	1664-1078
Scope	General Psychology

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