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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Applied 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	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

Lewis, R. (2007). The hard cell. Nature, 447(7145), 748–749.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hörber, J. K. H., & Miles, M. J. (2003). Scanning probe evolution in biology. Science (New York, N.Y.), 302(5647), 1002–1005.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gaydos, L. J., Wang, W., & Strome, S. (2014). Gene repression. H3K27me and PRC2 transmit a memory of repression across generations and during development. Science (New York, N.Y.), 345(6203), 1515–1518.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Hao, Q., Du, D., Wang, C., Li, W., Huang, H., Li, J., Qiu, T., & Chu, P. K. (2014). Plasmon-induced broadband fluorescence enhancement on Al-Ag bimetallic substrates. Scientific Reports, 4, 6014.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Miller, R. E. (1999). Optimization. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Siegesmund, S., & Snethlage, R. (Eds.). (2014). Stone in Architecture: Properties, Durability (5th ed. 2014). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Klingbeil, H., Laier, U., & Lens, D. (2015). RF Cavities. In U. Laier & D. Lens (Eds.), Theoretical Foundations of Synchrotron and Storage Ring RF Systems (pp. 173–224). 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 Journal of Applied Psychology.

Blog post

Hale, T. (2016, August 9). Ridiculously Handsome Sand Cat Spotted In Wild For First Time In 10 Years. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ridiculously-handsome-sand-cat-spotted-in-wild-for-first-time-in-10-years/

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. (2013). Army Networks: Size and Scope of Modernization Investment Merit Increased Oversight (GAO-13-179). 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

Gillespie, L. (2014). Trust in Leadership: Investigation of Andragogical Learning and Implications for Student Placement Outcomes [Doctoral dissertation]. Lindenwood 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

Barron, J. (2016, December 21). Allegories of 2 Boroughs Prepare for a Homecoming. 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 (Lewis, 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Hörber & Miles, 2003; Lewis, 2007).

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

Two authors: (Hörber & Miles, 2003)
Three or more authors: (Hao et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Applied Psychology
Abbreviation	J. Appl. Psychol.
ISSN (print)	0021-9010
ISSN (online)	1939-1854
Scope	Applied Psychology