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

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

Cullen, B. R. (2007). Immunology. Outwitted by viral RNAs. Science (New York, N.Y.), 317(5836), 329–330.

A journal article with 2 authors

Marinoni, C., & Buzzi, A. (2010). A geometric measure of dark energy with pairs of galaxies. Nature, 468(7323), 539–541.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wang, F., Lin, J.-S., & Liu, K. (2011). Steric control of the reaction of CH stretch-excited CHD3 with chlorine atom. Science (New York, N.Y.), 331(6019), 900–903.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Frank, R. A. W., Titman, C. M., Pratap, J. V., Luisi, B. F., & Perham, R. N. (2004). A molecular switch and proton wire synchronize the active sites in thiamine enzymes. Science (New York, N.Y.), 306(5697), 872–876.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Will, H. (2011). »Sei naiv und mach’ ein Experiment«: Feodor Lynen. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

Zhang, L., & Zhang, C. (Eds.). (2012). Engineering Education and Management: Vol 2, Results of the 2011 International Conference on Engineering Education and Management (ICEEM2011) (Vol. 112). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Kishi, Y., Hasegawa, K., & Kokudo, N. (2013). Surgical Resection for Small Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Cirrhosis: The Eastern Experience. In J.-N. Vauthey & A. Brouquet (Eds.), Multidisciplinary Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (pp. 69–84). Springer.

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 Cognitive Psychology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, August 8). DEA Admits Marijuana Is Definitely Safer Than Heroin. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/dea-admits-marijuana-definitely-safer-heroin/

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. (2008). Office of Personnel Management: Improvements Needed to Ensure Successful Retirement Systems Modernization (GAO-08-345). 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

Watterson, T. (2012). Changes in Attitudes and Behaviors Toward Physical Activity, Nutrition, and Social Support for Middle School Students Using the AFIT App as a Supplement to Instruction in a Physical Education Class [Doctoral dissertation]. University of South Florida.

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

Kelly, C. (2013, August 25). When Hill Country Feels Too Much Like Shreveport. New York Times, A23B.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Cullen, 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Cullen, 2007; Marinoni & Buzzi, 2010).

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

Two authors: (Marinoni & Buzzi, 2010)
Three authors: (Wang et al., 2011)
6 or more authors: (Frank et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Cognitive Psychology
Abbreviation	J. Cogn. Psychol. (Hove)
ISSN (print)	2044-5911
ISSN (online)	2044-592X
Scope	Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Experimental and Cognitive Psychology