How to format your references using the Journal of Geography in Higher Education citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Geography in Higher Education. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

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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.
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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
Sanderson, K. (2007). Nanotech growing pains. Nature, 446(7139), 963.
A journal article with 2 authors
Buehler, M. J., & Gao, H. (2006). Dynamical fracture instabilities due to local hyperelasticity at crack tips. Nature, 439(7074), 307–310.
A journal article with 3 authors
Perryman, S. A. M., Clark, S. J., & West, J. S. (2014). Splash dispersal of Phyllosticta citricarpa conidia from infected citrus fruit. Scientific Reports, 4, 6568.
A journal article with 8 or more authors
Jaglinski, T., Kochmann, D., Stone, D., & Lakes, R. S. (2007). Composite materials with viscoelastic stiffness greater than diamond. Science (New York, N.Y.), 315(5812), 620–622.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Minoli, D. (2007). IP Multicast with Applications to IPTV and Mobile DVB-H. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
An edited book
Dai, Z. (Ed.). (2016). Advances in Nanotheranostics I: Design and Fabrication of Theranosic Nanoparticles (Vol. 6). Springer.
A chapter in an edited book
Clematis, A., Corana, A., D’Agostino, D., Galizia, A., & Quarati, A. (2009). A Performance-Based Methodology to Improve Grid Exploitation. In C. Bartolini & L. P. Gaspary (Eds.), Integrated Management of Systems, Services, Processes and People in IT: 20th IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Distributed Systems: Operations and Management, DSOM 2009, Venice, Italy, October 27-28, 2009. Proceedings (pp. 43–55). 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 Geography in Higher Education.

Blog post
Andrew, E. (2016, May 29). The Hefty Price Of ‘Study Drug’ Misuse On College Campuses. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/hefty-price-study-drug-misuse-college-campuses/

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. (2012). OPM Retirement Modernization: Progress Has Been Hindered by Longstanding Information Technology Management Weaknesses (GAO-12-430T). 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
Ayres, R. (2017). Optimization of a Novel Oxy-Michael Ugi-Smiles Reaction [Doctoral dissertation]. Southern Illinois 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
Herrman, J. (2016, July 25). In Media Company Advertising, Sponsored Content Is Becoming King. New York Times, B1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Sanderson, 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Buehler & Gao, 2006; Sanderson, 2007).

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

  • Two authors: (Buehler & Gao, 2006)
  • Three authors: (Perryman et al., 2014)
  • 6 or more authors: (Jaglinski et al., 2007)

About the journal

Full journal titleJournal of Geography in Higher Education
AbbreviationJ. Geogr. High. Educ.
ISSN (print)0309-8265
ISSN (online)1466-1845
ScopeEducation
Geography, Planning and Development

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