How to format your references using the Revista Espanola de Investigacion en Marketing ESIC citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Revista Espanola de Investigacion en Marketing ESIC. 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

Nasrallah, J. B. (2002). Recognition and rejection of self in plant reproduction. Science (New York, N.Y.), 296(5566), 305–308.

A journal article with 2 authors

Schneider, R., & Persson, S. (2015). PLANT SCIENCE. Another brick in the wall. Science (New York, N.Y.), 350(6257), 156–157.

A journal article with 3 authors

Schmitz, D., Mellor, J., & Nicoll, R. A. (2001). Presynaptic kainate receptor mediation of frequency facilitation at hippocampal mossy fiber synapses. Science (New York, N.Y.), 291(5510), 1972–1976.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Gendrel, M., Rapti, G., Richmond, J. E., & Bessereau, J.-L. (2009). A secreted complement-control-related protein ensures acetylcholine receptor clustering. Nature, 461(7266), 992–996.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Garde, F., Aelenei, D., Aelenei, L., Scognamiglio, A., & Ayoub, J. (2017). Solution Sets for Net-Zero Energy Buildings. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

Srinivasan, D., & Jain, L. C. (Eds.). (2010). Innovations in Multi-Agent Systems and Applications - 1 (Vol. 310). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Kasik, I., Matejec, V., Chomat, M., Hayer, M., & Berkova, D. (2006). OPTICAL FIBRES FOR OPTICAL SENSING. In F. Baldini, A. N. Chester, J. Homola, & S. Martellucci (Eds.), Optical Chemical Sensors (pp. 59–76). 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 Revista Espanola de Investigacion en Marketing ESIC.

Blog post

Hale, T. (2016, September 29). Tech Giants Form Artificial Intelligence Supergroup, But Not Everyone’s In. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/tech-giants-form-artificial-intelligence-supergroup-but-not-everyones-in/

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. (2014). Maritime Administration: Ship Disposal Program Needs Improved Communications and Updated Strategic Plan (GAO-14-223). 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

Ramos, J. (2017). Surviving Childhood Bullying: Impact on Psychosocial Well-Being in Adulthood [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

Van Gelder, S. K. C. by L. (2005, January 21). Arts, Briefly; A New Yorker Clone Folds. New York Times, E5.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Nasrallah, 2002).
This sentence cites two references (Nasrallah, 2002; Schneider & Persson, 2015).

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

Two authors: (Schneider & Persson, 2015)
Three authors: (Schmitz et al., 2001)
6 or more authors: (Gendrel et al., 2009)

About the journal

Full journal title	Revista Espanola de Investigacion en Marketing ESIC
ISSN (print)	1138-1442
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