How to format your references using the Kindheit und Entwicklung citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Kindheit und Entwicklung. 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

Nikas, J. B. (2013). Inflammation and immune system activation in aging: a mathematical approach. Scientific reports, 3, 3254.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kessler, M. A. & Werner, B. T. (2003). Self-organization of sorted patterned ground. Science (New York, N.Y.), 299(5605), 380–383.

A journal article with 3 authors

Nimmerjahn, A., Kirchhoff, F. & Helmchen, F. (2005). Resting microglial cells are highly dynamic surveillants of brain parenchyma in vivo. Science (New York, N.Y.), 308(5726), 1314–1318.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Xiao, B. B., Zhu, Y. F., Lang, X. Y., Wen, Z. & Jiang, Q. (2014). Al13@Pt42 core-shell cluster for oxygen reduction reaction. Scientific reports, 4, 5205.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Broekaert, J. A. C. (2005). Analytical Atomic Spectrometry with Flames and Plasmas. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

Adnan, R., Ismail, S. I. & Sulaiman, N. (Eds.). (2014). Proceedings of the International Colloquium on Sports Science, Exercise, Engineering and Technology 2014 (ICoSSEET 2014). Singapore: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Hasson, H. M. (2006). Commentary. In A. Assalia, M. Gagner & M. Schein (Eds.), Controversies in Laparoscopic Surgery (pp. 24–26). Berlin, Heidelberg: 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 Kindheit und Entwicklung.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, August 3). Antibiotic Resistance Doesn’t Just Make Bacteria Harder To Kill – It Can Actually Make Them Stronger. IFLScience. IFLScience. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/antibiotic-resistance-doesn-t-just-make-bacteria-harder-kill-it-can-actually/

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). No Child Left Behind Act: Most Students with Disabilities Participated in Statewide Assessments, but Inclusion Options Could Be Improved (No. GAO-05-618). Washington, DC: 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

Gonzales, R. A. (2010). Health care team effectiveness: The relationship between team task interdependence and group emotional competence (Doctoral dissertation). University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ.

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

Peters, J. W. & Haberman, M. (2017, August 21). Charlottesville Shifted Timing Of Bannon Exit. New York Times, p. A1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Nikas, 2013).
This sentence cites two references (Kessler & Werner, 2003; Nikas, 2013).

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

Two authors: (Kessler & Werner, 2003)
Three authors: (Nimmerjahn, Kirchhoff & Helmchen, 2005)
6 or more authors: (Xiao, Zhu, Lang, Wen & Jiang, 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Kindheit und Entwicklung
ISSN (print)	0942-5403
ISSN (online)	2190-6246
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health Psychiatry and Mental health Developmental and Educational Psychology