How to format your references using the Studies in Educational Evaluation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Studies in Educational Evaluation. 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

Smaglik, P. (2003). A demanding world. Nature, 424(6944), 109.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ronald, P. C., & Beutler, B. (2010). Plant and animal sensors of conserved microbial signatures. Science (New York, N.Y.), 330(6007), 1061–1064.

A journal article with 3 authors

Chave, J., Alonso, D., & Etienne, R. S. (2006). Theoretical biology: comparing models of species abundance. Nature, 441(7089), E1; discussion E1-2.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Felis, T., Lohmann, G., Kuhnert, H., Lorenz, S. J., Scholz, D., Pätzold, J., Al-Rousan, S. A., & Al-Moghrabi, S. M. (2004). Increased seasonality in Middle East temperatures during the last interglacial period. Nature, 429(6988), 164–168.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Brillson, L. J. (2016). An Essential Guide to Electronic Material Surfaces and Interfaces. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Steele, R. G., Elkin, T. D., & Roberts, M. C. (Eds.). (2008). Handbook of Evidence-Based Therapies for Children and Adolescents: Bridging Science and Practice. Springer US.

A chapter in an edited book

Kruys, J., & Qian, L. (2011). Modes and Means of Spectrum Sharing. In L. Qian (Ed.), Sharing RF Spectrum with Commodity Wireless Technologies: Theory and Practice (pp. 53–70). 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 Studies in Educational Evaluation.

Blog post

Carpineti, A. (2015, November 3). NASA Allegedly Conducts More Successful Tests On “Impossible” EM Drive. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/nasa-allegedly-conducts-more-successfully-emdrive-tests0/

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. (2008). Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Has Strengthened Planning to Guide Investments in Key Aviation Security Programs, but More Work Remains (GAO-08-456T). 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

E, C.-C. (2014). The syntax of comparative correlatives in Mandarin Chinese [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Arizona.

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

Koblin, J. (2017, May 31). After ‘Awesome’ Break, Kelly Makes Her Debut As Pillar of NBC’s Plans. New York Times, B2.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Smaglik, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Ronald & Beutler, 2010; Smaglik, 2003).

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

Two authors: (Ronald & Beutler, 2010)
Three authors: (Chave et al., 2006)
6 or more authors: (Felis et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Studies in Educational Evaluation
Abbreviation	Stud. Educ. Eval.
ISSN (print)	0191-491X
Scope	Education