How to format your references using the International Review of Economics Education citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Review of Economics Education. 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

Goodman, S., 2003. University challenge Paris. Nature 422, 644–645.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wang, Z., Lin, H., 2004. Nanos maintains germline stem cell self-renewal by preventing differentiation. Science 303, 2016–2019.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bußhardt, P., Kunze, D., Gorb, S.N., 2014. Interlocking-based attachment during locomotion in the beetle Pachnoda marginata (Coleoptera, Scarabaeidae). Sci. Rep. 4, 6998.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Turner, S., Tonarini, S., Bindeman, I., Leeman, W.P., Schaefer, B.F., 2007. Boron and oxygen isotope evidence for recycling of subducted components over the past 2.5 Gyr. Nature 447, 702–705.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Chin, W.C., 2014. Wave Propagation in Drilling, Well Logging and Reservoir Applications. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Reidy, D.A., Riker, W.J. (Eds.), 2008. Coercion and the State, The Philosophical Foundations of Law and Justice. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht.

A chapter in an edited book

Mei, Y.-F., Harrach, B., Wadell, G., 2011. Mastadenovirus, in: Tidona, C., Darai, G. (Eds.), The Springer Index of Viruses. Springer, New York, NY, pp. 33–48.

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 Review of Economics Education.

Blog post

Taub, B., 2016. The Number Of People Killed In Organized Violence Decreased in 2015 [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/the-number-of-people-killed-in-organized-violence-decreased-in-2015/ (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, 2007. Commercial Aviation: Potential Safety and Capacity Issues Associated with the Introduction of the New A380 Aircraft (No. GAO-07-483). 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

Rivas, V.E., 2014. Art appreciation program for homeless children: A grant proposal project (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

Davey, M., Walsh, M.W., 2015. Pensions and Politics Fuel Crisis in Illinois. New York Times A9.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Goodman, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Goodman, 2003; Wang and Lin, 2004).

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

Two authors: (Wang and Lin, 2004)
Three or more authors: (Turner et al., 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Review of Economics Education
Abbreviation	Int. Rev. Econ. Educ.
ISSN (print)	1477-3880
Scope	Education