How to format your references using the International Journal of Psychophysiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Psychophysiology. 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

Rausher, M.D., 2007. Comment on “Evolutionary paths underlying flower color variation in Antirrhinum.” Science 315, 461; author reply 461.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jiang, C., Srinivasan, S.G., 2013. Unexpected strain-stiffening in crystalline solids. Nature 496, 339–342.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hayes, M., Scarlata, C., Siana, B., 2011. Central powering of the largest Lyman-α nebula is revealed by polarized radiation. Nature 476, 304–307.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Evans, J.P., Zane, L., Francescato, S., Pilastro, A., 2003. Directional postcopulatory sexual selection revealed by artificial insemination. Nature 421, 360–363.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ancheyta, J., 2011. Modeling and Simulation of Catalytic Reactors for Petroleum Refining. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Tapper, T., 2011. Oxford, the Collegiate University: Conflict, Consensus and Continuity, Higher Education Dynamics. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht.

A chapter in an edited book

Olschewski, H., Olschewski, A., 2014. Pulmonary Hypertension, in: Wakabayashi, I., Groschner, K. (Eds.), Interdisciplinary Concepts in Cardiovascular Health: Volume III: Cardiovascular Events. Springer International Publishing, Cham, pp. 97–114.

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 International Journal of Psychophysiology.

Blog post

Hamilton, K., 2017. Robot Bees Vs Real Bees – Why Tiny Drones Can’t Compete With The Real Thing [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/technology/robot-bees-vs-real-bees-why-tiny-drones-cant-compete-with-the-real-thing/ (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 2016. Polar Weather Satellites: NOAA Is Working to Ensure Continuity but Needs to Quickly Address Information Security Weaknesses and Future Program Uncertainties (No. GAO-16-359). U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Hong, H.J., 2017. Acrolein Modification of Human Apolipoprotein A-I Impairs Binding to Phosphatidylglycerol and Lipopolysaccharide of Gram-Negative Bacteria (Doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.

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

Saslow, L., 2007. New President for the Long Island Rail Road. New York Times LI2.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Rausher, 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Jiang and Srinivasan, 2013; Rausher, 2007).

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

Two authors: (Jiang and Srinivasan, 2013)
Three or more authors: (Evans et al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Journal of Psychophysiology
Abbreviation	Int. J. Psychophysiol.
ISSN (print)	0167-8760
Scope	Physiology (medical) General Neuroscience Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology