How to format your references using the Rehabilitation Psychology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Rehabilitation Psychology. 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
Rakic, P. (2004). Neuroscience. Genetic control of cortical convolutions. Science (New York, N.Y.), 303(5666), 1983–1984.
A journal article with 2 authors
Li, J., & Timko, M. P. (2009). Gene-for-gene resistance in Striga-cowpea associations. Science (New York, N.Y.), 325(5944), 1094.
A journal article with 3 authors
Miller-Butterworth, C. M., Jacobs, D. S., & Harley, E. H. (2003). Strong population substructure is correlated with morphology and ecology in a migratory bat. Nature, 424(6945), 187–191.
A journal article with 8 or more authors
Zhao, Z., Liu, H., Luo, Y., Zhou, S., An, L., Wang, C., Jin, Q., Zhou, M., & Xu, J.-R. (2014). Molecular evolution and functional divergence of tubulin superfamily in the fungal tree of life. Scientific Reports, 4, 6746.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Holsclaw, G. (2016). Transcending Subjects. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An edited book
Aiello, L. M., & McFarland, D. (Eds.). (2014). Social Informatics: 6th International Conference, SocInfo 2014, Barcelona, Spain, November 11-13, 2014. Proceedings (Vol. 8851). Springer International Publishing.
A chapter in an edited book
Robertson, S. (2011). The Web, the Home and the Search Engine. In R. Harper (Ed.), The Connected Home: The Future of Domestic Life (pp. 79–91). 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 Rehabilitation Psychology.

Blog post
Andrew, E. (2014, November 12). Scientists at Work as Philae Lands: From Rosetta Mission Control. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/scientists-work-philae-lands-rosetta-mission-control/

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. (1989). Information Technology and Government Operations (138539). 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
Hakes, C. J. (2010). Off -campus work and its relationship to students’ experiences with faculty using the College Student Experiences Questionnaire [Doctoral dissertation]. University of South Florida.

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
Oestreich, J. R. (2017, March 22). The Harpsichordist With a Chip on His Keyboard. New York Times, C2.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Rakic, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Li & Timko, 2009; Rakic, 2004).

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

  • Two authors: (Li & Timko, 2009)
  • Three authors: (Miller-Butterworth et al., 2003)
  • 6 or more authors: (Zhao et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal titleRehabilitation Psychology
AbbreviationRehabil. Psychol.
ISSN (print)0090-5550
ISSN (online)1939-1544
ScopePsychiatry and Mental health
Rehabilitation
Clinical Psychology
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation

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