Academic Skills Human Geography and Spatial Planning

Author

The standard structure of a reference in the bibliography:

<surname author>, <author’s initials>. (<year of publication>). <title of the publication>. <place of publication>.


The author’s name comes first, followed by their initials separated by full stops.

 

If there are two authors, the two names are separated by an ampersand (&).

Isin, E.F. & Turner, B.S. (2007). Investigating citizenship: An agenda for citizenship studies. Citizenship Studies, 11(1), 5-17.

If there are more than two authors, their names are separated by commas and the last author is preceded by an ampersand (&).

  • Note: In English bibliographies, a comma comes before the ampersand.

Lobao, L., Martin, R., & Rodríguez-Pose, A. (2009). Editorial: Rescaling the state: New modes of institutional-territorial organization. Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society, 2(1), 3-12.

No more than seven authors may be stated for a single reference. If the original publication has more than seven authors, you should only mention the first six and the last author. The names of the seventh author (and any other authors) are replaced by a series of dots between brackets, the ellipsis (…), followed by the last author (without an ampersand).

Phipps, M.S., Jia, H., Chumbler, N.R., Li, X., Castro, J.G., Myers, J., … Bravata, D.M. (2014). Rural-urban differences in inpatient quality of care in US veterans with Ischemic stroke. The Journal of Rural Health, 30(1), 1-6.

No author: use organization or the title of the publication.


Author    Date of Publication    Title     Publication Information