How to format your references using the Journal of Urban Management citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Urban Management. 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

Onnela, J.-P. J. P. (2014). Physics. Flow of control in networks. Science (New York, N.Y.), 343(6177), 1325–1326.

A journal article with 2 authors

Linkerhand, M., & Gros, C. (2013). Generating functionals for autonomous latching dynamics in attractor relict networks. Scientific Reports, 3, 2042.

A journal article with 3 authors

Álvarez, G. A., Suter, D., & Kaiser, R. (2015). QUANTUM SIMULATION. Localization-delocalization transition in the dynamics of dipolar-coupled nuclear spins. Science (New York, N.Y.), 349(6250), 846–848.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Zeff, B. W., Lanterman, D. D., McAllister, R., Roy, R., Kostelich, E. J., & Lathrop, D. P. (2003). Measuring intense rotation and dissipation in turbulent flows. Nature, 421(6919), 146–149.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hao, L., & Lawrence, J. (2006). Laser Surface Treatment of Bio-Implant Materials. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Maheshwari, D. K. (Ed.). (2012). Bacteria in Agrobiology: Stress Management. Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Meyer, M., Bergstraesser, S., Zimmermann, B., Rensing, C., & Steinmetz, R. (2006). Modeling Modifications of Multimedia Learning Resources Using Ontology-Based Representations. In T.-J. Cham, J. Cai, C. Dorai, D. Rajan, T.-S. Chua, & L.-T. Chia (Eds.), Advances in Multimedia Modeling: 13th International Multimedia Modeling Conference, MMM 2007, Singapore, January 9-12, 2007. Proceedings, Part I (pp. 34–43). 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 Urban Management.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2013, October 28). New research suggests the most recent ancestor of Neanderthals and modern humans has not yet been discovered. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/new-research-suggests-most-recent-ancestor-neanderthals-and-modern-humans-has-not/

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. (2011). Information Technology: Investment Oversight and Management Have Improved but Continued Attention Is Needed (GAO-11-454T). 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

Flores, M. Y. (2010). Delinquency prevention program for Latino youth: A grant proposal project [Doctoral dissertation]. California State University, Long Beach.

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

Gordon, M. R. (2017, August 24). U.S. Mulls Providing Weapons to Ukraine. New York Times, A4.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Onnela, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Linkerhand & Gros, 2013; Onnela, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Linkerhand & Gros, 2013)
Three or more authors: (Zeff et al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Urban Management
Abbreviation	J. Urban Manag.
ISSN (print)	2226-5856
Scope