How to format your references using the Population Research and Policy Review citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Population Research and Policy Review. 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

Crutzen, P. J. (2004). A late change to the programme. Nature, 429(6990), 349.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ahmed, W. W., & Saif, T. A. (2014). Active transport of vesicles in neurons is modulated by mechanical tension. Scientific reports, 4, 4481.

A journal article with 3 authors

Davison, P. A., Hunter, C. N., & Horton, P. (2002). Overexpression of beta-carotene hydroxylase enhances stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Nature, 418(6894), 203–206.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Kiers, E. T., Duhamel, M., Beesetty, Y., Mensah, J. A., Franken, O., Verbruggen, E., et al. (2011). Reciprocal rewards stabilize cooperation in the mycorrhizal symbiosis. Science (New York, N.Y.), 333(6044), 880–882.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Belmont, D. P. (2011). Managing Hedge Fund Risk and Financing. 1 Fusionopolis Walk, #07-01, Solaris South Tower, Singapore 138628: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd.

An edited book

Lloyd, D., & Rossi, E. L. (Eds.). (2008). Ultradian Rhythms from Molecules to Mind: A New Vision of Life. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Miyake, B., & Zavazava, N. (2013). The Role of NK Cells and T Cells in the Rejection of Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Tissues. In P. J. Fairchild (Ed.), The Immunological Barriers to Regenerative Medicine (pp. 69–76). New York, NY: 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 Population Research and Policy Review.

Blog post

Hamilton, K. (2014, September 6). Incredible Photos of Volcanic Eruption in Iceland. IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed 30 October 2018

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. (1992). Information on EEO Discrimination Complaints (No. GGD-93-6R). 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

Garraway, O. L. (2008). A study of the relationship between corporate leaders’ beliefs and the firm’s strategic decisions (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

Higgins, A. (2013, September 11). $24 Million Insurance Paid on Stolen Art. New York Times, p. A11.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Crutzen 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Ahmed and Saif 2014; Crutzen 2004).

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

Two authors: (Ahmed and Saif 2014)
Three or more authors: (Kiers et al. 2011)

About the journal

Full journal title	Population Research and Policy Review
Abbreviation	Popul. Res. Policy Rev.
ISSN (print)	0167-5923
ISSN (online)	1573-7829
Scope	Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Demography

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