How to format your references using the Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 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	Download the output style file
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

Young, R. C. (2000). The sounds of silence. Nature, 408(6809), 141.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sheehan, M. J., & Tibbetts, E. A. (2011). Specialized face learning is associated with individual recognition in paper wasps. Science (New York, N.Y.), 334(6060), 1272–1275.

A journal article with 3 authors

Meek, S. A., Conrad, H., & Meijer, G. (2009). Trapping molecules on a chip. Science (New York, N.Y.), 324(5935), 1699–1702.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Lu, W., Ji, Z., Pfeiffer, L., West, K. W., & Rimberg, A. J. (2003). Real-time detection of electron tunnelling in a quantum dot. Nature, 423(6938), 422–425.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bachmann, H., Steinle, A., & Hahn, V. (2010). Bauen mit Betonfertigteilen im Hochbau. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

de Virgilio, C., Frank, P. N., & Grigorian, A. (Eds.). (2015). Surgery: A Case Based Clinical Review. Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Zope, N., Kumar, A., & Lokku, D. (2016). Enabling Service Business Models Through Service Processes. In T. Borangiu, M. Dragoicea, & H. Nóvoa (Eds.), Exploring Services Science: 7th International Conference, IESS 2016, Bucharest, Romania, May 25-27, 2016, Proceedings (pp. 60–71). Springer International Publishing.

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 Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Blog post

Fang, J. (2014, July 8). Largest Flying Bird Ever Had 6.4-Meter Wingspan. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/largest-flying-bird-ever-had-64-meter-wingspan/

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). Resources, Community, and Economic Development Information Systems Issue Area: Active Assignments (AA-96-30(2)). 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

Sanchez, Y. (2012). Effectiveness of parent-child interaction therapy for Latino families: A secondary analysis of existing data [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

Vecsey, G. (2010, December 1). Back-Scratching With a Global Reach. New York Times, B19.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Young, 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Sheehan & Tibbetts, 2011; Young, 2000).

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

Two authors: (Sheehan & Tibbetts, 2011)
Three authors: (Meek et al., 2009)
6 or more authors: (Lu et al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders
Abbreviation	Res. Autism Spectr. Disord.
ISSN (print)	1750-9467
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Developmental and Educational Psychology