How to format your references using the Sex Roles citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Sex Roles. 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

Koenig, R. (2000). EUROPEAN SCIENCE: Urgent Call for Research Overhaul. Science (New York, N.Y.), 289(5479), 523a–4a.

A journal article with 2 authors

Cowan, N., & Rouder, J. N. (2009). Comment on “Dynamic shifts of limited working memory resources in human vision.” Science (New York, N.Y.), 323(5916), 877; author reply 877.

A journal article with 3 authors

Logoteta, D., Fiori, G., & Iannaccone, G. (2014). Graphene-based lateral heterostructure transistors exhibit better intrinsic performance than graphene-based vertical transistors as post-CMOS devices. Scientific reports, 4, 6607.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Chen, L. X., Jäger, W. J., Jennings, G., Gosztola, D. J., Munkholm, A., & Hessler, J. P. (2001). Capturing a photoexcited molecular structure through time-domain x-ray absorption fine structure. Science (New York, N.Y.), 292(5515), 262–264.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Norwitz, E. R., Belfort, M. A., Saade, G. R., & Miller, H. (2010). Obstetric Clinical Algorithms: Management and Evidence. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

An edited book

Millei, Z., & Imre, R. (Eds.). (2016). Childhood and Nation: Interdisciplinary Engagements. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US.

A chapter in an edited book

Vayo, A. B. (2016). What the Green Grass Hides: Denial and Deception in Suburban Detroit. In S. R. Yang & K. Healey (Eds.), Gothic Landscapes: Changing Eras, Changing Cultures, Changing Anxieties (pp. 107–124). Cham: 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 Sex Roles.

Blog post

Andrews, R. (2017, February 20). Bill Gates Calls For “Robot Tax” To Slow Down Pace Of Change. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/bill-gates-calls-for-robot-tax-to-slow-down-pace-of-change/. Accessed 30 October 2018

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. (2015). Commercial Driver’s Licensing: Federal Oversight of State Programs Could Be Improved (No. GAO-15-607). Washington, DC: 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

Crawford, J. D. (2017). Teacher Job Satisfaction as Related to Student Performance on State-Mandated Testing (Doctoral dissertation). Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO.

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

Saslow, L. (2006, October 8). For $37.5 Million, the Piano Man’s Estate. New York Times, p. 14LI2.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Koenig 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Cowan and Rouder 2009; Koenig 2000).

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

Two authors: (Cowan and Rouder 2009)
Three or more authors: (Chen et al. 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	Sex Roles
Abbreviation	Sex Roles
ISSN (print)	0360-0025
ISSN (online)	1573-2762
Scope	Developmental and Educational Psychology Social Psychology Gender Studies