How to format your references using the British Journal of Developmental Psychology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for British Journal of Developmental Psychology. 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

Stillman, J. H. (2003). Acclimation capacity underlies susceptibility to climate change. Science (New York, N.Y.), 301(5629), 65.

A journal article with 2 authors

Batistatou, A., & Charalabopoulos, K. (2008). The picture of Oscar X. Nature, 455(7214), 834.

A journal article with 3 authors

Mlynarski, S. N., Schuster, C. H., & Morken, J. P. (2014). Asymmetric synthesis from terminal alkenes by cascades of diboration and cross-coupling. Nature, 505(7483), 386–390.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Charlat, S., Hornett, E. A., Fullard, J. H., Davies, N., Roderick, G. K., Wedell, N., & Hurst, G. D. D. (2007). Extraordinary flux in sex ratio. Science (New York, N.Y.), 317(5835), 214.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Duffy, D. J. (2006). Introduction to C++ for Financial Engineers. John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

An edited book

Nagel, W. E., Kröner, D. B., & Resch, M. M. (Eds.). (2009). High Performance Computing in Science and Engineering ’08: Transactions of the High Performance Computing Center, Stuttgart (HLRS) 2008. Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Ashour-Abdalla, M. (2015). A Simulation Study of the Relationship Between Tail Dynamics and the Aurora. In S. W. H. Cowley FRS, D. Southwood, & S. Mitton (Eds.), Magnetospheric Plasma Physics: The Impact of Jim Dungey’s Research (pp. 109–127). 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 British Journal of Developmental Psychology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2014, December 22). Watch A Bizarrely Long Parasite Emerge From This Praying Mantis. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/praying-mantis-infected-incredibly-long-parasite/

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. (2007). Air Traffic Control: FAA Reports Progress in System Acquisitions, but Changes in Performance Measurement Could Improve Usefulness of Information (GAO-08-42). 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

Abedin, G. (2010). Exploring the potential of art-based education for adolescents with learning disabilities: A case study of engagement in learning through the arts [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Maryland, College Park.

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

Howard, J. C., & Kovaleski, S. F. (2016, April 18). Atticus, Here’s Drama on Your Turf. New York Times, C1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Stillman, 2003).
This sentence cites two references (Batistatou & Charalabopoulos, 2008; Stillman, 2003).

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

Two authors: (Batistatou & Charalabopoulos, 2008)
Three or more authors: (Charlat et al., 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	British Journal of Developmental Psychology
Abbreviation	Br. J. Dev. Psychol.
ISSN (print)	0261-510X
ISSN (online)	2044-835X
Scope	Developmental Neuroscience Developmental and Educational Psychology