How to format your references using the Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events. 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

Harberd, N. P. (2003). Botany. Relieving DELLA restraint. Science (New York, N.Y.), 299(5614), 1853–1854.

A journal article with 2 authors

Foulger, G. R., & Natland, J. H. (2003). Geology. Is “hotspot” volcanism a consequence of plate tectonics? Science (New York, N.Y.), 300(5621), 921–922.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wu, B., Parquette, J. R., & RajanBabu, T. V. (2009). Regiodivergent ring opening of chiral aziridines. Science (New York, N.Y.), 326(5960), 1662.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Nelson, C., Goto, S., Lund, K., Hung, W., & Sadowski, I. (2003). Srb10/Cdk8 regulates yeast filamentous growth by phosphorylating the transcription factor Ste12. Nature, 421(6919), 187–190.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Burkinshaw, S. M. (2016). Physico-chemical Aspects of Textile Coloration. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Cooper, K., & White, R. E. (Eds.). (2012). Qualitative Research in the Post-Modern Era: Contexts of Qualitative Research. Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Azaiez, S., Doligez, D., Lemerre, M., Libal, T., & Merz, S. (2016). Proving Determinacy of the PharOS Real-Time Operating System. In M. Butler, K.-D. Schewe, A. Mashkoor, & M. Biro (Eds.), Abstract State Machines, Alloy, B, TLA, VDM, and Z: 5th International Conference, ABZ 2016, Linz, Austria, May 23-27, 2016, Proceedings (pp. 70–85). Springer International Publishing.

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 Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2016, May 12). Polar Bears:Climate Change Is A Bigger Threat Than Trophy Hunting. IFLScience; IFLScience.

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. (1991). FAA Staffing: New Pay Act Offers Options to Bolster Maintenance Work Force (RCED-91-92). 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

Harris, S. K. (2017). Dissecting the Disappearing Act: Discussing the Dissipation of Black Male Role Models in Black Communities [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

Murphy, M. J. O. (2014, December 19). Friday File. New York Times, C33.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Harberd, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Foulger & Natland, 2003; Harberd, 2003).

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

Two authors: (Foulger & Natland, 2003)
Three authors: (Wu et al., 2009)
6 or more authors: (Nelson et al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Policy Research in Tourism, Leisure and Events
ISSN (print)	1940-7963
ISSN (online)	1940-7971
Scope	Tourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management Geography, Planning and Development