How to format your references using the Journal of Labor Research citation style

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

Jiang J (2011) Patents: Protecting China’s national treasure. Nature 480:S93

A journal article with 2 authors

Calzolari A, Nardelli MB (2013) Dielectric properties and Raman spectra of ZnO from a first principles finite-differences/finite-fields approach. Sci Rep 3:2999

A journal article with 3 authors

Levey DJ, Duncan RS, Levins CF (2004) Animal behaviour: use of dung as a tool by burrowing owls. Nature 431:39

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Luyssaert S, Marie G, Valade A, et al (2018) Trade-offs in using European forests to meet climate objectives. Nature 562:259–262

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Juhnke GA, Granello DH, Granello PF (2010) Suicide, Self-Injury, and Violence in the Schools. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Wang PP, Ruan D, Kerre EE (eds) (2007) Fuzzy Logic: A Spectrum of Theoretical & Practical Issues. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

A chapter in an edited book

Frelin A, Grannäs J (2014) Navigating Middle Ground. In: Zandvliet D, Brok PD, Mainhard T, Tartwijk J van (eds) Interpersonal Relationships in Education: From Theory to Practice. SensePublishers, Rotterdam, pp 57–69

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 Labor Research.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) Why Are Humans Altruistic? In: IFLScience. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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 (2016) Explosives Detection Canines: TSA Has Enhanced Its Canine Program, but Opportunities May Exist to Reduce Costs. 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

Fuller JB (2015) The Woodsman’s Son. Doctoral dissertation, University of Louisiana

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

Saslow L (2007) Board Renewing Searches By Trained Dogs at School. New York Times 14LI2

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Jiang 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Jiang 2011; Calzolari and Nardelli 2013).

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

Two authors: (Calzolari and Nardelli 2013)
Three or more authors: (Luyssaert et al. 2018)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Labor Research
Abbreviation	J. Labor Res.
ISSN (print)	0195-3613
ISSN (online)	1936-4768
Scope	Management of Technology and Innovation Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Strategy and Management