How to format your references using the International Journal of Law and Psychiatry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Law and Psychiatry. 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

Fratzl, P. (2015). Imaging techniques: Extra dimension for bone analysis. Nature, 527(7578), 308–309.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ogura, K., & Okamura, H. (2013). Conformational change of Sos-derived proline-rich peptide upon binding Grb2 N-terminal SH3 domain probed by NMR. Scientific Reports, 3, 2913.

A journal article with 3 authors

Simmons, S. L., Bazylinski, D. A., & Edwards, K. J. (2006). South-seeking magnetotactic bacteria in the Northern Hemisphere. Science (New York, N.Y.), 311(5759), 371–374.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Song, J.-J., Smith, S. K., Hannon, G. J., & Joshua-Tor, L. (2004). Crystal structure of Argonaute and its implications for RISC slicer activity. Science (New York, N.Y.), 305(5689), 1434–1437.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Theodore, L., & Kunz, R. G. (2005). Nanotechnology: Environmental Implications and Solutions. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Aigner, K. R., & Stephens, F. O. (Eds.). (2016). Induction Chemotherapy: Systemic and Locoregional (2nd ed. 2016). Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Mariconda, C., & Tonolo, A. (2016). Inclusion/Exclusion. In A. Tonolo (Ed.), Discrete Calculus: Methods for Counting (pp. 83–104). 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 International Journal of Law and Psychiatry.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, August 6). Running Hot And Cold: Sardines And Anchovies In The Pacific. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/running-hot-and-cold-sardines-and-anchovies-pacific/

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. (1995). Weather Forecasting: Unmet Needs and Unknown Costs Warrant Reassessment of Observing System Plans (AIMD-95-81). 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

Magner, K. A. (2010). Evaluation of admissions criteria and practices with regards to successful online learning styles and characteristics [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

Kelly, S. (2000, October 19). Op-art; Sub-liminal. New York Times, A33.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Fratzl, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Fratzl, 2015; Ogura & Okamura, 2013).

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

Two authors: (Ogura & Okamura, 2013)
Three or more authors: (Song et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Journal of Law and Psychiatry
Abbreviation	Int. J. Law Psychiatry
ISSN (print)	0160-2527
Scope	Pathology and Forensic Medicine Psychiatry and Mental health Law