How to format your references using the Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis citation style

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

Cardinale, B. J. (2011). Biodiversity improves water quality through niche partitioning. Nature, 472(7341), 86–89.

A journal article with 2 authors

Fehr, E., & Rockenbach, B. (2003). Detrimental effects of sanctions on human altruism. Nature, 422(6928), 137–140.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hannon, J. B., Shenoy, V. B., & Schwarz, K. W. (2006). Anomalous spiral motion of steps near dislocations on silicon surfaces. Science (New York, N.Y.), 313(5791), 1266–1269.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Hatta, M., Gao, P., Halfmann, P., & Kawaoka, Y. (2001). Molecular basis for high virulence of Hong Kong H5N1 influenza A viruses. Science (New York, N.Y.), 293(5536), 1840–1842.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rahman, R. O. A., Rakhimov, R. Z., Rakhimova, N. R., & Ojovan, M. I. (2014). Cementitious Materials for Nuclear Waste Immobilization. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Liu, H., Salerno, J. J., & Young, M. J. (Eds.). (2008). Social Computing, Behavioral Modeling, and Prediction. Springer US.

A chapter in an edited book

Erverdi, N., & Motro, M. (2015). A Novel Approach in Developing Facial Esthetics in Cleft Lip and Palate Patients. In M. Motro (Ed.), Alveolar Distraction Osteogenesis: ArchWise Appliance and Technique (pp. 31–46). 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 Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis.

Blog post

Luntz, S. (2014, July 30). “Quantum Cheshire Cat” Phenomenon Observed For The First Time. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/“quantum-cheshire-cat”-phenomenon-observed-first-time/

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. (2010). Charter Schools: Education Could Do More to Assist Charter Schools with Applying for Discretionary Grants (GAO-11-89). 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

Lewis, D. S. (2010). Global Educational Ecosystem: Case study of a partnership with K–12 schools, community organizations, and business [Doctoral dissertation]. Pepperdine 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

Kishkovsky, S. (2008, September 26). Honor a Literary Giant, But Be Careful Where. New York Times, A10.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Cardinale, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Cardinale, 2011; Fehr & Rockenbach, 2003).

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

Two authors: (Fehr & Rockenbach, 2003)
Three or more authors: (Hatta et al., 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
Abbreviation	Educ. Eval. Policy Anal.
ISSN (print)	0162-3737
ISSN (online)	1935-1062
Scope	Education