How to format your references using the Journal of Comparative Asian Development citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Comparative Asian Development. 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

Hawks, J. (2001). The Y chromosome and the replacement hypothesis. Science (New York, N.Y.), 293(5530), 567.

A journal article with 2 authors

Razzell, W., & Martin, P. (2012). Cell biology. Embryonic clutch control. Science (New York, N.Y.), 335(6073), 1181–1182.

A journal article with 3 authors

Unterreithmeier, Q. P., Weig, E. M., & Kotthaus, J. P. (2009). Universal transduction scheme for nanomechanical systems based on dielectric forces. Nature, 458(7241), 1001–1004.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Muijres, F. T., Johansson, L. C., Barfield, R., Wolf, M., Spedding, G. R., & Hedenström, A. (2008). Leading-edge vortex improves lift in slow-flying bats. Science (New York, N.Y.), 319(5867), 1250–1253.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Leach, M., Drummond, M., & Doig, A. (2013). Practical Flow Cytometry in Haematology Diagnosis. John Wiley & Sons.

An edited book

Holz, T., & Bos, H. (Eds.). (2011). Detection of Intrusions and Malware, and Vulnerability Assessment: 8th International Conference; DIMVA 2011, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, July 7-8, 2011. Proceedings (Vol. 6739). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Koprić, I. (2008). Independent Local Lists in Croatia: In Search for a Composite Theoretical Frame. In M. Reiser & E. Holtmann (Eds.), Farewell to the Party Model?: Independent Local Lists in East and West European Countries (pp. 39–61). VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.

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 Comparative Asian Development.

Blog post

Davis, J. (2017, March 3). Two Fossil Skulls Discovered In China May Have Belonged To Mysterious Denisovans. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/two-fossil-skulls-discovered-in-china-may-have-belonged-to-mysterious-denisovans/

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. (2015). Positive Train Control: Additional Oversight Needed As Most Railroads Do Not Expect to Meet 2015 Implementation Deadline (GAO-15-739). 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

Takayama, M. (2010). The development of writing in Japanese and English of JHL speakers and the dynamics of bilingual learning [Doctoral dissertation]. California State University, Long Beach.

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

Fernandez, M., Pérez-Peña, R., & Santos, F. (2015, May 4). Gunman in Texas Was F.B.I. Suspect in Jihad Inquiry. New York Times, A1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Hawks, 2001).
This sentence cites two references (Hawks, 2001; Razzell & Martin, 2012).

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

Two authors: (Razzell & Martin, 2012)
Three or more authors: (Muijres et al., 2008)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Comparative Asian Development
ISSN (print)	1533-9114
ISSN (online)	2150-5403
Scope	Economics and Econometrics Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations