How to format your references using the International Journal of Research in Marketing citation style

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

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteDownload the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
Smaglik, P. (2003). A demanding world. Nature, 424(6944), 109.
A journal article with 2 authors
Kolodrubetz, M. H., & Petta, J. R. (2009). Applied physics. Coherent holes in a semiconductor quantum dot. Science (New York, N.Y.), 325(5936), 42–43.
A journal article with 3 authors
Wilson, A. M., Watson, J. C., & Lichtwark, G. A. (2003). Biomechanics: A catapult action for rapid limb protraction. Nature, 421(6918), 35–36.
A journal article with 8 or more authors
Hla, T., Lee, M. J., Ancellin, N., Paik, J. H., & Kluk, M. J. (2001). Lysophospholipids--receptor revelations. Science (New York, N.Y.), 294(5548), 1875–1878.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Bertin, E., Crespi, N., & Pujolle, G. (2013). Architecture and Governance for Communication Services. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
An edited book
Satapathy, S. C., Mandal, J. K., Udgata, S. K., & Bhateja, V. (Eds.). (2016). Information Systems Design and Intelligent Applications: Proceedings of Third International Conference INDIA 2016, Volume 2 (Vol. 434). Springer India.
A chapter in an edited book
Tirri, K. (2012). The Core of School Pedagogy. In H. Niemi, A. Toom, & A. Kallioniemi (Eds.), Miracle of Education: The Principles and Practices of Teaching and Learning in Finnish Schools (pp. 55–66). 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 International Journal of Research in Marketing.

Blog post
Andrew, E. (2015, January 9). Rhesus Monkeys Can Learn To Recognize Themselves In Mirrors. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/rhesus-monkeys-may-learn-recognize-themselves-mirrors/

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. (1996). Amendment of FCC Rules to Deregulate the Equipment Authorization Requirements for Digital Devices (OGC-96-21). 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
Tzillah, A. (2009). The emissions of selected air pollutants from biodiesel fuel usage [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Cincinnati.

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
Koblin, J., & Maheshwari, S. (2017, May 17). With a ‘Roseanne’ Revival and the Backstreet Boys, ABC Mines the Past. New York Times, B2.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Smaglik, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Kolodrubetz & Petta, 2009; Smaglik, 2003).

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

  • Two authors: (Kolodrubetz & Petta, 2009)
  • Three authors: (Wilson et al., 2003)
  • 6 or more authors: (Hla et al., 2001)

About the journal

Full journal titleInternational Journal of Research in Marketing
AbbreviationInt. J. Res. Mark.
ISSN (print)0167-8116
ScopeMarketing

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