How to format your references using the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
Mirabel, I. F. (2012). Astronomy. Gamma-ray binaries revealed. Science (New York, N.Y.), 335(6065), 175–176.
A journal article with 2 authors
Liechti, R., & Farmer, E. E. (2002). The jasmonate pathway. Science (New York, N.Y.), 296(5573), 1649–1650.
A journal article with 3 authors
Lin, X., Fauqué, B., & Behnia, K. (2015). SOLID-STATE PHYSICS. Scalable T2 resistivity in a small single-component Fermi surface. Science (New York, N.Y.), 349(6251), 945–948.
A journal article with 21 or more authors
Nishiyama, M., Ishikawa, T., Rechsteiner, H., & Glockshuber, R. (2008). Reconstitution of pilus assembly reveals a bacterial outer membrane catalyst. Science (New York, N.Y.), 320(5874), 376–379.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Kroupa, V. F. (2005). Phase Lock Loops and Frequency Synthesis. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An edited book
Perry, B., Dockett, S., & Petriwskyj, A. (Eds.). (2014). Transitions to School - International Research, Policy and Practice (Vol. 9). Springer Netherlands.
A chapter in an edited book
Zamani, C. (2013). Nano-Bio Structures Developed via Electrophoresis. In S. Nazarpour (Ed.), Thin Films and Coatings in Biology (pp. 145–170). Springer Netherlands.

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 Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance.

Blog post
Evans, K. (2016, August 12). Scientists Developed This 9-Question Test To Measure How Sadistic Someone Is. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/scientists-developed-this-9-question-test-to-measure-how-sadistic-someone-is/

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. (2002). Aviation Security: Registered Traveler Program Policy and Implementation Issues (GAO-03-253). 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
Hernandez, M. (2014). Successful emancipation of foster youth through the use of mentors: A grant proposal [Doctoral dissertation]. California State University, Long Beach.

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
St. John Kelly, E. (1994, October 16). The Puck Glides at Night In Amateur Hockey League. New York Times, 150.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Mirabel, 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Liechti & Farmer, 2002; Mirabel, 2012).

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

  • Two authors: (Liechti & Farmer, 2002)
  • Three or more authors: (Nishiyama et al., 2008)

About the journal

Full journal titleJournal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance
AbbreviationJ. Exp. Psychol. Hum. Percept. Perform.
ISSN (print)0096-1523
ISSN (online)1939-1277
ScopeArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Behavioral Neuroscience
Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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