How to format your references using the Australian Geographer citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Australian Geographer. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Holdsworth, R. E. (2004). Planetary science. Weak faults--rotten cores. Science (New York, N.Y.), 303(5655), 181–182.

A journal article with 2 authors

Misra, A., & Ching, W. Y. (2013). Theoretical nonlinear response of complex single crystal under multi-axial tensile loading. Scientific Reports, 3, 1488.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lee, J., Park, J., & Choi, C. (2014). Identification of phenotype deterministic genes using systemic analysis of transcriptional response. Scientific Reports, 4, 4413.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Ozawa, S., Murakami, M., Kaidzu, M., Tada, T., Sagiya, T., Hatanaka, Y., Yarai, H., & Nishimura, T. (2002). Detection and monitoring of ongoing aseismic slip in the Tokai region, central Japan. Science (New York, N.Y.), 298(5595), 1009–1012.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rankin, J. (2008). Effects of Antenatal Exercise on Psychological Well-Being, Pregnancy and Birth Outcome. Whurr Publishers Ltd.

An edited book

Rabe, K. M., Ahn, C. H., & Triscone, J.-M. (Eds.). (2007). Physics of Ferroelectrics: A Modern Perspective (Vol. 105). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Bezerra, E. A., & Lettnin, D. V. (2014). Code Converters. In D. V. Lettnin (Ed.), Synthesizable VHDL Design for FPGAs (pp. 69–84). 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 Australian Geographer.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2014, January 28). Fungi in sloth fur could have a wide variety of disease-fighting implications. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/fungi-sloth-fur-could-have-wide-variety-disease-fighting-implications/

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. (1997). Transportation and Telecommunications Issue Area: Active Assignments (AA-97-18(2)). 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

De Ros, K. M. (2008). A content analysis of television ads: Does current practice maximize cognitive processing? [Doctoral dissertation]. Indiana University.

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

Shpigel, B. (2016, December 23). Pro Football; Bowles Hospitalized, and He May Not Coach. New York Times, D4.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Holdsworth, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Holdsworth, 2004; Misra & Ching, 2013).

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

Two authors: (Misra & Ching, 2013)
Three or more authors: (Ozawa et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Australian Geographer
Abbreviation	Aust. Geogr.
ISSN (print)	0004-9182
ISSN (online)	1465-3311
Scope	Earth-Surface Processes Geography, Planning and Development