How to format your references using the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. 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

Guzmán, M. G. (2005). Global voices of science. Deciphering dengue: the Cuban experience. Science (New York, N.Y.), 309(5740), 1495–1497.

A journal article with 2 authors

Xi, R., & Xie, T. (2005). Stem cell self-renewal controlled by chromatin remodeling factors. Science (New York, N.Y.), 310(5753), 1487–1489.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bunge, J., Epstein, S. S., & Peterson, D. G. (2006). Comment on “Computational improvements reveal great bacterial diversity and high metal toxicity in soil.” Science (New York, N.Y.), 313(5789), 918; author reply 918.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Ruiz, G. M., Rawlings, T. K., Dobbs, F. C., Drake, L. A., Mullady, T., Huq, A., & Colwell, R. R. (2000). Global spread of microorganisms by ships. Nature, 408(6808), 49–50.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ippolito, L. J., Jr. (2017). Satellite Communications Systems Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Pereira, M. F., & Shulika, O. (Eds.). (2011). Terahertz and Mid Infrared Radiation: Generation, Detection and Applications. Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Pio-Abreu, J. L., & Oliveira, C. V. (2016). On measuring tele. In C. Stadler, M. Wieser, & K. Kirk (Eds.), Psychodrama. Empirical Research and Science 2 (pp. 41–55). Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.

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 Research in Memory and Cognition.

Blog post

Davis, J. (2016, August 24). Perfume Traces Could Be Used To Help Solve Crimes. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/perfume-traces-could-be-used-to-help-solve-crimes/

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. (1990). Continuing Professional Education: Federal GS-510 Accountants’ Report (143680). 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

Hatton, J. D. (2012). The Changing Dynamics of Health Care: Physician Perceptions of Technology in Medical Practices [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Phoenix.

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

Brantley, B. (2016, September 29). Regrets? She Has a Big One. New York Times, C6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Guzmán, 2005).
This sentence cites two references (Guzmán, 2005; Xi & Xie, 2005).

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

Two authors: (Xi & Xie, 2005)
Three authors: (Bunge et al., 2006)
6 or more authors: (Ruiz et al., 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition
Abbreviation	J. Appl. Res. Mem. Cogn.
ISSN (print)	2211-3681
Scope