How to format your references using the The Review of Black Political Economy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Review of Black Political Economy. 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

Moore DD. Physiology. Crise de foie, redux? Science. 2011 Mar 11;331(6022):1275–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

Shanahan MER, Sefiane K. Recalcitrant bubbles. Sci. Rep. 2014 Apr 17;4:4727.

A journal article with 3 authors

Wyckoff GJ, Wang W, Wu CI. Rapid evolution of male reproductive genes in the descent of man. Nature. 2000 Jan 20;403(6767):304–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Rudenko G, Henry L, Henderson K, Ichtchenko K, Brown MS, Goldstein JL, et al. Structure of the LDL receptor extracellular domain at endosomal pH. Science. 2002 Dec 20;298(5602):2353–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Tripathi N, Singh RS, Hills CD. Reclamation of Mine-Impacted Land for Ecosystem Recovery. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

Zeng Z, Li Y, King I, editors. Advances in Neural Networks – ISNN 2014: 11th International Symposium on Neural Networks, ISNN 2014, Hong Kong and Macao, China, November 28- December 1, 2014. Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Kaya Y, Jocic S, Miladinovic D. Sunflower. In: Gupta SK, editor. Technological Innovations in Major World Oil Crops, Volume 1: Breeding. New York, NY: Springer; 2012. p. 85–129.

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 The Review of Black Political Economy.

Blog post

Fang J. Sabercats Used Their Jaws Like Can Openers [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/sabercats-used-their-jaws-can-openers/

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. CETA Programs for Disadvantaged Adults: What Do We Know About Their Enrollees, Services, and Effectiveness. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1982 Jun. Report No.: IPE-82-2.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Wick HF. Applying Natural Horn Technique to Modern Valved Horn Performance Practice [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2001.

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

Graham R. ‘A Second Chance at Choice.’ New York Times. 2017 Jul 18;MM46.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Moore 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Moore 2011; Shanahan and Sefiane 2014).

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

Two authors: (Shanahan and Sefiane 2014)
Three or more authors: (Rudenko et al. 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	The Review of Black Political Economy
Abbreviation	Rev. Black Polit. Econ.
ISSN (print)	0034-6446
ISSN (online)	1936-4814
Scope	Economics and Econometrics Cultural Studies