How to format your references using the Journal of Comparative Economics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Comparative Economics. 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	Download the output style file
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

Kenyon, S.J., 2015. Astronomy: Pluto leads the way in planet formation. Nature 522, 40–41.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lee, S.-Y., MacKinnon, R., 2004. A membrane-access mechanism of ion channel inhibition by voltage sensor toxins from spider venom. Nature 430, 232–235.

A journal article with 3 authors

Jasny, B.R., Zahn, L.M., Marshall, E., 2009. Complex systems and networks. Connections. Introduction. Science 325, 405.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Schneider, H., Downey, J., Smith, A., Zinselmeyer, B.H., Rush, C., Brewer, J.M., Wei, B., Hogg, N., Garside, P., Rudd, C.E., 2006. Reversal of the TCR stop signal by CTLA-4. Science 313, 1972–1975.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Svrcek, W.Y., Mahoney, D.P., Young, B.R., 2007. A Real-Time Approach to Process Control. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK.

An edited book

Lewis, M.A., Dietel, M., Scriba, P.C., Raff, W.K. (Eds.), 2006. Biology und Epidemiology of Hormone Replacement Therapy: Discussions on Post-Menopausal Health, Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop Supplement 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

A chapter in an edited book

McClean, P.E., Lavin, M., Gepts, P., Jackson, S.A., 2008. Phaseolus vulgaris: A Diploid Model for Soybean, in: Stacey, G. (Ed.), Genetics and Genomics of Soybean, Plant Genetics and Genomics: Crops and Models. Springer, New York, NY, pp. 55–76.

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 Comparative Economics.

Blog post

Andrew, E., 2014. Artificial Brains Learn To Adapt To Environment [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/brain/artificial-brains-learn-adapt-environment/ (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, 1988. Aircraft Development: The Advanced Tactical Fighter’s Costs, Schedule, and Performance Goals (No. NSIAD-88-76). 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

Freund, S.H., 2013. The Relationship of Academic Courses to Skills Required Of Automobile Repair Technicians (Doctoral dissertation). Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO.

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

Gordon, M.R., 2017. U.S. Fighter Downs Drone Over Syria. New York Times A8.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Kenyon, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Kenyon, 2015; Lee and MacKinnon, 2004).

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

Two authors: (Lee and MacKinnon, 2004)
Three or more authors: (Schneider et al., 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Comparative Economics
Abbreviation	J. Comp. Econ.
ISSN (print)	0147-5967
Scope	Economics and Econometrics