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

Flier, J. S. (2006). Neuroscience. Regulating energy balance: the substrate strikes back. Science (New York, N.Y.), 312(5775), 861–864.

A journal article with 2 authors

Veiseh, O., & Langer, R. (2015). Diabetes: A smart insulin patch. Nature, 524(7563), 39–40.

A journal article with 3 authors

Bressan, M., Liu, G., & Mikawa, T. (2013). Early mesodermal cues assign avian cardiac pacemaker fate potential in a tertiary heart field. Science (New York, N.Y.), 340(6133), 744–748.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Bieling, P., Laan, L., Schek, H., Munteanu, E. L., Sandblad, L., Dogterom, M., Brunner, D., & Surrey, T. (2007). Reconstitution of a microtubule plus-end tracking system in vitro. Nature, 450(7172), 1100–1105.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Chin, W. C. (2016). Resistivity Modeling. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Nishino, S., & Sakurai, T. (Eds.). (2005). The Orexin/Hypocretin System: Physiology and Pathophysiology. Humana Press.

A chapter in an edited book

van de Heetkamp, A., & Tusveld, R. (2011). The Content of the FTA Text and Its Range. In R. Tusveld (Ed.), Origin Management: Rules of Origin in Free Trade Agreements (pp. 49–69). 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 Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J. (2016, August 18). China Launches World’s First Quantum Communications Satellite. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/china-launches-world-first-quantum-satellite/

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). Programs for Land-Grant Schools (HEHS-96-91R). 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

Bergh, P. A. (2009). Reconfiguring academic priorities: Through the eyes of Michigan community college Chief Academic Officers [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

Bordewich, F. M. (2017, August 14). Debate Prep. New York Times, BR21.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Flier, 2006).
This sentence cites two references (Flier, 2006; Veiseh & Langer, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Veiseh & Langer, 2015)
Three or more authors: (Bieling et al., 2007)

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