How to format your references using the Socio-Economic Planning Sciences citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Socio-Economic Planning Sciences. 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

[1]

Sanchez PA. Ecology. Soil fertility and hunger in Africa. Science 2002;295:2019–20.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Felsenfeld G, Groudine M. Controlling the double helix. Nature 2003;421:448–53.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Cubrović M, Zaanen J, Schalm K. String theory, quantum phase transitions, and the emergent Fermi liquid. Science 2009;325:439–44.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Shin J, Bossenz M, Chung Y, Ma H, Byron M, Taniguchi-Ishigaki N, et al. Maternal Rnf12/RLIM is required for imprinted X-chromosome inactivation in mice. Nature 2010;467:977–81.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Malpass DB. Introduction to Industrial Polyethylene. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Maconi G, Porro GB, editors. Ultrasound of the Gastrointestinal Tract. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Dharani G, Nazar AKA, Saravanane N, Vinithkumar NV, Santhanakumar J, Ratnam K, et al. On the Recurrence of Coral Bleaching and Recovery in North Bay, Port Blair, Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In: Venkataraman K, Raghunathan C, Sivaperuman C, editors. Ecology of Faunal Communities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012, p. 71–84.

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 Socio-Economic Planning Sciences.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. Surrogate Chickens Could Be Produced That Lay The Eggs Of Rare Breeds. IFLScience 2017.

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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. DOD Business Systems Modernization: Limited Progress in Development of Business Enterprise Architecture and Oversight of Information Technology Investments. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Salie A. Servant-minded leadership and work satisfaction in Islamic organizations: A correlational mixed study. Doctoral dissertation. University of Phoenix, 2008.

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

[1]

Kelly AL. It’s No Fun, but It May Save Your Life. New York Times 1999:G9.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Socio-Economic Planning Sciences
Abbreviation	Socioecon. Plann. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0038-0121
Scope	Strategy and Management Management Science and Operations Research Statistics, Probability and Uncertainty Economics and Econometrics Geography, Planning and Development