How to format your references using the Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice. 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

Davies, K. (2015). Keep the directive that protects research animals. Nature, 521(7550), 7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Mackinnon, M. J., & Marsh, K. (2010). The selection landscape of malaria parasites. Science (New York, N.Y.), 328(5980), 866–871.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gu, L. Q., Cheley, S., & Bayley, H. (2001). Capture of a single molecule in a nanocavity. Science (New York, N.Y.), 291(5504), 636–640.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Kee, K., Angeles, V. T., Flores, M., Nguyen, H. N., & Reijo Pera, R. A. (2009). Human DAZL, DAZ and BOULE genes modulate primordial germ-cell and haploid gamete formation. Nature, 462(7270), 222–225.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Wystup, U. (2006). FX Options and Structured Products. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

An edited book

Yin, Y. (2011). Data Mining: Concepts, Methods and Applications in Management and Engineering Design (I. Kaku, J. Tang, & J. Zhu, Eds.; 1st ed.). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Yoschenko, V., Kashparov, V., Levchuk, S., Lundin, S., Protsak, V., Khomutinin, Y., Glukhovsky, O., Maloshtan, I., & Tschiersch, J. (2009). Formation of Radioactive Aerosol Particles During the Wildland Fires in Chernobyl Zone and their Radioecological Impact. In D. H. Oughton & V. Kashparov (Eds.), Radioactive Particles in the Environment (pp. 69–89). Springer Netherlands.

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 Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice.

Blog post

Hale, T. (2015, November 9). This Polar Bear Raided A BBC Film Crew’s Cabin. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/polar-bear-raided-bbc-film-crews-cabin-norway/

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. (1996). Aviation Safety: FAA Generally Agrees With but Is Slow in Implementing Safety Recommendations (RCED-96-193). 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

Kolaski, G. W. (2010). Cultural awareness and the U.S. military advisor in the Arab Middle East: A phenomenological study [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Phoenix.

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

Kishkovsky, S. (2007, June 8). Former Killing Ground Becomes Shrine to Stalin’s Victims. 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 (Davies, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Davies, 2015; Mackinnon & Marsh, 2010).

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

Two authors: (Mackinnon & Marsh, 2010)
Three or more authors: (Kee et al., 2009)

About the journal

Full journal title	Psychology of Consciousness: Theory, Research, and Practice
Abbreviation	Psychol. Conscious. (Wash., DC)
ISSN (print)	2326-5523
ISSN (online)	2326-5531
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