How to format your references using the Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research citation style

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

Smaglik, P. (2004). Pitching ideas. Nature, 427(6976), 759.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sriskantharajah, S., & Ley, S. C. (2010). Cell biology. Turning off inflammation signaling. Science (New York, N.Y.), 327(5969), 1093–1094.

A journal article with 3 authors

Pasham, D. R., Strohmayer, T. E., & Mushotzky, R. F. (2014). A 400-solar-mass black hole in the galaxy M82. Nature, 513(7516), 74–76.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Basu, A. R., Petaev, M. I., Poreda, R. J., Jacobsen, S. B., & Becker, L. (2003). Chondritic meteorite fragments associated with the Permian-Triassic boundary in Antarctica. Science (New York, N.Y.), 302(5649), 1388–1392.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Troppens, U., Erkens, R., & Müller, W. (2004). Storage Networks Explained. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Petkov, V. (Ed.). (2010). Space, Time, and Spacetime: Physical and Philosophical Implications of Minkowski’s Unification of Space and Time (Vol. 167). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Ku, H.-H. (2013). Exploring Consumers’ Responses to Delayed Introduction of a New Mobile Phone. In P. L. P. Rau (Ed.), Cross-Cultural Design. Cultural Differences in Everyday Life: 5th International Conference, CCD 2013, Held as Part of HCI International 2013, Las Vegas, NV, USA, July 21-26, 2013, Proceedings, Part II (pp. 37–43). Springer.

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 Natural Resources Policy Research.

Blog post

Taub, B. (2015, November 3). New Technology Uses Wi-Fi Signals To See Through Walls. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/mit-researchers-create-wireless-x-ray-vision-technology/

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. (2001). DOD Information Technology: Software and Systems Process Improvement Programs Vary in Use of Best Practices (GAO-01-116). 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

Zavarella, C. A. (2008). Computer -based instruction and remedial mathematics: A study of student retention at a Florida community college [Doctoral dissertation]. University of South Florida.

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. (2011, December 12). Russian Orthodox Church Adds Influential Voice to Calls for Election Reform. New York Times, A7.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Smaglik, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Smaglik, 2004; Sriskantharajah & Ley, 2010).

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

Two authors: (Sriskantharajah & Ley, 2010)
Three or more authors: (Basu et al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Natural Resources Policy Research
Abbreviation	J. Nat. Resour. Pol. Res.
ISSN (print)	1939-0459
ISSN (online)	1939-0467
Scope	Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law Geography, Planning and Development