How to format your references using the Econometrics and Statistics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Econometrics and Statistics. 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

Brown, S.A., 2011. Circadian rhythms. A new histone code for clocks? Science 333, 1833–1834.

A journal article with 2 authors

Dobberstein, B., Sinning, I., 2004. Structural biology. Surprising news from the PCC. Science 303, 320–322.

A journal article with 3 authors

Li, D., Zhang, P., Yan, J., 2014. Ab initio molecular dynamics study of high-pressure melting of beryllium oxide. Sci. Rep. 4, 4707.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Alexander, D.M., Smail, I., Bauer, F.E., Chapman, S.C., Blain, A.W., Brandt, W.N., Ivison, R.J., 2005. Rapid growth of black holes in massive star-forming galaxies. Nature 434, 738–740.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cannataro, M., Guzzi, P.H., 2011. Data Management of Protein Interaction Networks. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Bremer, E.G., Hakenberg, J., Han, E.-H. (sam), Berrar, D., Dubitzky, W. (Eds.), 2006. Knowledge Discovery in Life Science Literature: PAKDD 2006 International Workshop, KDLL 2006, Singapore, April 9, 2006. Proceedings, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg.

A chapter in an edited book

Stacul, F., 2006. Late Adverse Reactions to Intravascular Iodinated Contrast Media, in: Thomsen, H.S. (Ed.), Contrast Media: Safety Issues and ESUR Guidelines, Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 27–31.

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 Econometrics and Statistics.

Blog post

Hamilton, K., 2016. Fossil Fuel Emissions Have Stalled: Global Carbon Budget 2016 [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/environment/fossil-fuel-emissions-have-stalled-global-carbon-budget/ (accessed 10.30.18).

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. Applying Agreed-Upon Procedures: Fiscal Year 2008 Airport and Airway Trust Fund Excise Taxes (No. GAO-09-90R). U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Wood, R.D., 2010. Correlation of conductor leadership style, musician employment status, organizational participation to orchestra musician job satisfaction (Doctoral dissertation). University of Phoenix, Phoenix, AZ.

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

Wilson, M., Moynihan, C., 2017. Witnesses Recall Deafening Blast and Shrapnel in Chelsea Bombing Trial. New York Times A22.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Brown, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Brown, 2011; Dobberstein and Sinning, 2004).

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

Two authors: (Dobberstein and Sinning, 2004)
Three or more authors: (Alexander et al., 2005)

About the journal

Full journal title	Econometrics and Statistics
Abbreviation	Econom. Stat.
ISSN (print)	2452-3062
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