How to format your references using the Journal of Latina/o Psychology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Latina/o Psychology. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX syles 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
Wuebbles, D. J. (2009). Atmosphere. Nitrous oxide: no laughing matter. Science (New York, N.Y.), 326(5949), 56–57.
A journal article with 2 authors
Macquaker, J. H. S., & Bohacs, K. M. (2007). Geology. On the accumulation of mud. Science (New York, N.Y.), 318(5857), 1734–1735.
A journal article with 3 authors
Whitney, D., Westwood, D. A., & Goodale, M. A. (2003). The influence of visual motion on fast reaching movements to a stationary object. Nature, 423(6942), 869–873.
A journal article with 8 or more authors
Bierman, M. J., Lau, Y. K. A., Kvit, A. V., Schmitt, A. L., & Jin, S. (2008). Dislocation-driven nanowire growth and Eshelby twist. Science (New York, N.Y.), 320(5879), 1060–1063.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Duchon, C., & Hale, R. (2012). Time Series Analysis in Meteorology and Climatology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An edited book
Reynolds, M., & Holwell, S. (Eds.). (2010). Systems Approaches to Managing Change: A Practical Guide. London: Springer.
A chapter in an edited book
Halkin, H. (2011). Optimal Control as Programming in Infinite Dimensional Spaces. In R. Conti (Ed.), Calculus of Variations, Classical and Modern (pp. 177–192). Berlin, Heidelberg: 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 Latina/o Psychology.

Blog post
Andrews, R. (2016, June 24). Vegetables Grown On Mars Are Safe To Eat, According To Crop Experiment. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/vegetables-grown-on-mars-are-safe-to-eat-according-to-crop-experiment/

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. (1970). Administration of Federal Support of Shore Facilities and Vessels for Research Activities at Oceanographic Institutions (No. B-169941). 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
Patrick, N. S. (2010). Employees’ Perceptions of Employers’ Response After Workplace Injury (Doctoral dissertation). Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL.

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
St. John Kelly, E. (1998, April 12). The Magical Mystery Block. New York Times, p. 147.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Wuebbles, 2009).
This sentence cites two references (Macquaker & Bohacs, 2007; Wuebbles, 2009).

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

  • Two authors: (Macquaker & Bohacs, 2007)
  • Three authors: (Whitney, Westwood, & Goodale, 2003)
  • 6 or more authors: (Bierman, Lau, Kvit, Schmitt, & Jin, 2008)

About the journal

Full journal titleJournal of Latina/o Psychology
AbbreviationJ. Lat. Psychol.
ISSN (print)2168-1678
ISSN (online)2163-0070
Scope

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