How to format your references using the Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism. 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

Orhon, D. (2014). Istanbul canal needs environmental study. Nature, 513(7519), 461.

A journal article with 2 authors

Roy, S., & Asenov, A. (2005). Applied physics. Where do the dopants go? Science (New York, N.Y.), 309(5733), 388–390.

A journal article with 3 authors

He, Y., Michaels, S. D., & Amasino, R. M. (2003). Regulation of flowering time by histone acetylation in Arabidopsis. Science (New York, N.Y.), 302(5651), 1751–1754.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Choi, S. H., Bylykbashi, E., Chatila, Z. K., Lee, S. W., Pulli, B., Clemenson, G. D., Kim, E., Rompala, A., Oram, M. K., Asselin, C., Aronson, J., Zhang, C., Miller, S. J., Lesinski, A., Chen, J. W., Kim, D. Y., van Praag, H., Spiegelman, B. M., Gage, F. H., & Tanzi, R. E. (2018). Combined adult neurogenesis and BDNF mimic exercise effects on cognition in an Alzheimer’s mouse model. Science (New York, N.Y.), 361(6406).

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Blair, R. (2011). Organic Production and Food Quality. Wiley-Blackwell.

An edited book

Ciarimboli, G., Gautron, S., & Schlatter, E. (Eds.). (2016). Organic Cation Transporters: Integration of Physiology, Pathology, and Pharmacology (1st ed. 2016). Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Quillen, E., Glahn, D., & Almasy, L. (2016). The Strategy and Utility of the Endophenotype Approach to Neurobehavioral Function. In V. Jagaroo & S. L. Santangelo (Eds.), Neurophenotypes: Advancing Psychiatry and Neuropsychology in the “OMICS” Era (pp. 81–102). Springer US.

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 Outdoor Recreation and Tourism.

Blog post

Luntz, S. (2014, July 11). Enormously Bright Meteor Turns Out To Be Piece Of Russian Soyuz Rocket. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/enormously-bright-meteor-turns-out-be-piece-russian-soyuz-rocket/

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. (1995). Airport Improvement Program: Update of Allocation of Funds and Passenger Facility Charges, 1992-94 (RCED-95-225FS). 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

E, C.-C. (2014). The syntax of comparative correlatives in Mandarin Chinese [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Arizona.

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

Blinder, A. (2015, January 21). A Cheeseburger, a Suburban Traffic Stop and a Ticket for Eating While Driving. New York Times, A10.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Orhon, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Orhon, 2014; Roy & Asenov, 2005).

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

Two authors: (Roy & Asenov, 2005)
Three authors: (He et al., 2003)
6 or more authors: (Choi et al., 2018)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Outdoor Recreation and Tourism
Abbreviation	J. Outdoor Recreat. Tour.
ISSN (print)	2213-0780
Scope	Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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