How to format your references using the Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology. 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

Phillips, R. (2013). In retrospect: The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Nature, 504(7478), 30–31.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hibbs, R. E., & Gouaux, E. (2011). Principles of activation and permeation in an anion-selective Cys-loop receptor. Nature, 474(7349), 54–60.

A journal article with 3 authors

Shim, S. H., Duffy, T. S., & Shen, G. (2001). Stability and structure of MgSiO3 perovskite to 2300-kilometer depth in Earth’s mantle. Science (New York, N.Y.), 293(5539), 2437–2440.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Mehl-Madrona, L., Katz, M., Curry, E. P., & Bribiesca, L. B. (2000). Alternative views on alternative medicine. Science (New York, N.Y.), 289(5477), 245b–246b.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Langton, R. (2006). Stability and Control of Aircraft Systems. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

An edited book

Winther, R., Gran, B. A., & Dahll, G. (Eds.). (2005). Computer Safety, Reliability, and Security: 24th International Conference, SAFECOMP 2005, Fredrikstad, Norway, September 28-30, 2005. Proceedings (Vol. 3688). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Jakushokas, R., Popovich, M., Mezhiba, A. V., Köse, S., & Friedman, E. G. (2011). Decoupling Capacitance. In M. Popovich, A. V. Mezhiba, S. Köse, & E. G. Friedman (Eds.), Power Distribution Networks with On-Chip Decoupling Capacitors (pp. 89–138). 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 Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2016, May 17). Nanoparticles In Baby Formula: Should Parents Be Worried? IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/nanoparticles-baby-formula-should-parents-be-worried/

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. (2005). Mass Transit: Preliminary Views on Options for Additional Fiscal Oversight of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (GAO-05-922T). 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

Jordan, V. S. (2017). A Mixed Methodology Exploration of White Female Pre-Service Teachers’ Discussions of Race and Gender through Presentations of Counternarratives in Children’s Literature Books [Doctoral dissertation]. George Washington 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

Kelly, M. (1992, December 14). Clinton’s Chief of Staff Ponders Undefined Post. New York Times, B6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Phillips, 2013).
This sentence cites two references (Hibbs & Gouaux, 2011; Phillips, 2013).

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

Two authors: (Hibbs & Gouaux, 2011)
Three or more authors: (Mehl-Madrona et al., 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology
Abbreviation	J. Theor. Philos. Psychol.
ISSN (print)	1068-8471
ISSN (online)	2151-3341
Scope	Philosophy General Psychology