How to format your references using the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Applied Developmental 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

Fredrickson, J. K. (2015). ECOLOGY. Ecological communities by design. Science (New York, N.Y.), 348(6242), 1425–1427.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wallenfang, M. R., & Seydoux, G. (2000). Polarization of the anterior-posterior axis of C. elegans is a microtubule-directed process. Nature, 408(6808), 89–92.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kaan, H. Y. K., Hackney, D. D., & Kozielski, F. (2011). The structure of the kinesin-1 motor-tail complex reveals the mechanism of autoinhibition. Science (New York, N.Y.), 333(6044), 883–885.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Yang, H., Li, Q., Fan, J., Holloman, W. K., & Pavletich, N. P. (2005). The BRCA2 homologue Brh2 nucleates RAD51 filament formation at a dsDNA-ssDNA junction. Nature, 433(7026), 653–657.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Steenbarger, B. N. (2015). Trading Psychology 2.0. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Bouguettaya, A., Krueger, I., & Margaria, T. (Eds.). (2008). Service-Oriented Computing – ICSOC 2008: 6th International Conference, Sydney, Australia, December 1-5, 2008. Proceedings (Vol. 5364). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Stone, E. E., & Skubic, M. (2015). Testing Real-Time In-Home Fall Alerts with Embedded Depth Video Hyperlink. In C. Bodine, S. Helal, T. Gu, & M. Mokhtari (Eds.), Smart Homes and Health Telematics: 12th International Conference, ICOST 2014, Denver, CO, USA, June 25-27, 2014, Revised Papers (pp. 41–48). Springer International Publishing.

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 Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.

Blog post

Luntz, S. (2014, March 5). Proposed Device Could Capture Unlimited Renewable Energy From Earth’s Infared Emissions. IFLScience; IFLScience.

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). Transportation Infrastructure: Central Artery/Tunnel Project Faces Financial Uncertainties (RCED-96-131). 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

McCarter, K. M. (2008). The effect of auditory stimulation on learners with different learning styles [Doctoral dissertation]. Capella University.

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

Wagner, J. (2017, October 11). New Routine Becomes an Exercise in Bonding: Stretch, Share, Hug. New York Times, B12.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Fredrickson, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Fredrickson, 2015; Wallenfang & Seydoux, 2000).

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

Two authors: (Wallenfang & Seydoux, 2000)
Three or more authors: (Yang et al., 2005)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology
Abbreviation	J. Appl. Dev. Psychol.
ISSN (print)	0193-3973
Scope	Developmental and Educational Psychology