How to format your references using the Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change. 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
Mahadevan, M. S. (2010). Genetics. Exposing a DUX tale. Science (New York, N.Y.), 329(5999), 1607–1608.
A journal article with 2 authors
Kashefi, K., & Lovley, D. R. (2003). Extending the upper temperature limit for life. Science (New York, N.Y.), 301(5635), 934.
A journal article with 3 authors
Hamano, K., Abe, Y., & Genda, H. (2013). Emergence of two types of terrestrial planet on solidification of magma ocean. Nature, 497(7451), 607–610.
A journal article with 21 or more authors
Yip, C. K., Kimbrough, T. G., Felise, H. B., Vuckovic, M., Thomas, N. A., Pfuetzner, R. A., Frey, E. A., Finlay, B. B., Miller, S. I., & Strynadka, N. C. J. (2005). Structural characterization of the molecular platform for type III secretion system assembly. Nature, 435(7042), 702–707.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Choi, N.-E., & Han, J. H. (2015). How Flavor Works. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An edited book
Richesson, R. L., & Andrews, J. E. (Eds.). (2012). Clinical Research Informatics. Springer.
A chapter in an edited book
Gohberg, I., Haimovici, I., Kaashoek, M. A., & Lerer, L. (2006). The Bezout Integral Operator: Main Property and Underlying Abstract Scheme. In D. Alpay & I. Gohberg (Eds.), The State Space Method Generalizations and Applications (pp. 225–270). Birkhäuser.

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 Tourism and Cultural Change.

Blog post
Hale, T. (2016, October 13). This New Device Can Trick Your Tastebuds To Make Food Taste Better. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/this-new-device-can-trick-your-tastebuds-to-make-food-taste-better/

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. (1998). Federal Research: Observations on the Small Business Innovation Research Program (RCED-98-132). 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
Bakhoda, A. (2013). Synthesis and Electrochemistry of Ru(II) Vinylidenes [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
Chumsky, S. (2013, October 10). Two Legacies, Now Home to Roost. New York Times, E1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Mahadevan, 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Kashefi & Lovley, 2003; Mahadevan, 2010).

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

  • Two authors: (Kashefi & Lovley, 2003)
  • Three or more authors: (Yip et al., 2005)

About the journal

Full journal titleJournal of Tourism and Cultural Change
AbbreviationJ. Tour. Cult. Chang.
ISSN (print)1476-6825
ISSN (online)1747-7654
ScopeTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management
Nature and Landscape Conservation
Geography, Planning and Development
Transportation
Cultural Studies

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