How to format your references using the Psychology of Well-Being citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Psychology of Well-Being. 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

Hoeijmakers JH. Genome maintenance mechanisms for preventing cancer. Nature. 2001 May 17;411(6835):366–74.

A journal article with 2 authors

Holland WL, Scherer PE. Cell Biology. Ronning after the adiponectin receptors. Science. 2013 Dec 20;342(6165):1460–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

Whitmarsh RB, Manatschal G, Minshull TA. Evolution of magma-poor continental margins from rifting to seafloor spreading. Nature. 2001 Sep 13;413(6852):150–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Chawla A, Repa JJ, Evans RM, Mangelsdorf DJ. Nuclear receptors and lipid physiology: opening the X-files. Science. 2001 Nov 30;294(5548):1866–70.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Faticoni TG. The Mathematics of Infinity. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

Natarajan V, Parinandi NL, editors. Mitochondrial Function in Lung Health and Disease. New York, NY: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Pimentel D, Burgess M. Environmental and Economic Benefits of Reducing Pesticide Use. In: Pimentel D, Peshin R, editors. Integrated Pest Management: Pesticide Problems, Vol.3. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014. p. 127–39.

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 Psychology of Well-Being.

Blog post

Andrew E. Endangered Rhinos in South Africa Will Be Fitted With Spy Cameras In Their Horns. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. U.S. Postal Service: Postal and Telecommunications Sector Representation in International Organizations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1998 Oct. Report No.: GGD-99-6BR.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Delmont LO. Wings pumping, wings stilled [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2012.

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

Kenigsberg B. Razor Images. Bewildered Eyes. New York Times. 2016 Nov 18;AR14.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Hoeijmakers 2001).
This sentence cites two references (Hoeijmakers 2001; Holland and Scherer 2013).

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

Two authors: (Holland and Scherer 2013)
Three or more authors: (Chawla et al. 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	Psychology of Well-Being
Abbreviation	Psychol. Well Being
ISSN (online)	2211-1522
Scope