How to format your references using the Research Papers in Education citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Research Papers in Education. 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

Sarewitz, Daniel. 2010. “World View: Brick by Brick.” Nature 465 (7294): 29.

A journal article with 2 authors

McNamara, Allen K., and Shijie Zhong. 2005. “Thermochemical Structures beneath Africa and the Pacific Ocean.” Nature 437 (7062): 1136–1139.

A journal article with 3 authors

Holland, J. Nathaniel, Toshinori Okuyama, and Donald L. DeAngelis. 2006. “Comment on ‘Asymmetric Coevolutionary Networks Facilitate Biodiversity Maintenance.’” Science (New York, N.Y.) 313 (5795): 1887; author reply 1887.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Keren, Kinneret, Michael Krueger, Rachel Gilad, Gdalyahu Ben-Yoseph, Uri Sivan, and Erez Braun. 2002. “Sequence-Specific Molecular Lithography on Single DNA Molecules.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 297 (5578): 72–75.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Frueh, B. Christopher, Anouk L. Grubaugh, Jon D. Elhai, and Julian D. Ford. 2012. Assessment and Treatment Planning for PTSD. Hoboken, New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Tu, Yu-Kang, and Darren C. Greenwood, eds. 2012. Modern Methods for Epidemiology. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Hackney, Anthony C., and Mehis Viru. 2016. “Sports Physiology and Endocrinology (Endurance vs. Resistance Exercise).” In Exercise and Human Reproduction: Induced Fertility Disorders and Possible Therapies, edited by Diana Vaamonde, Stefan S. du Plessis, and Ashok Agarwal, 75–92. New York, NY: 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 Research Papers in Education.

Blog post

Andrew, Elise. 2014. “New Species Of Tardigrade Discovered In Antarctica.” IFLScience, IFLScience, June 18. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/new-species-tardigrade-discovered-antarctica/.

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. Commercial Aviation: A Framework for Considering Federal Financial Assistance. GAO-01-1163T. Washington, DC: 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

Eyers, Brandy Marie. 2011. “An Analysis of Remote Biometric Authentication with Windows.” 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

Sisario, Ben. 2017. “Halsey Reaches the Top Of the Billboard Chart.” New York Times, June 12, 2017.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Sarewitz 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Sarewitz 2010; McNamara and Zhong 2005).

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

Two authors: (McNamara and Zhong 2005)
Three authors: (Holland, Okuyama, and DeAngelis 2006)
4 or more authors: (Keren et al. 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Research Papers in Education
Abbreviation	Res. Pap. Educ.
ISSN (print)	0267-1522
ISSN (online)	1470-1146
Scope	Education