I do manually according journals requirement.

@Md. Abdur Razzak Choudhury Thank you for your contribution. Do you have a specific layout format for that?

I generally refer to recently published articles to revise the format of the references, and sometimes the author's submission guidelines are unreliable.

Muhammad Aledeh Chapter Reference Management

This article may help

@Johnson Masinde Your contribution to this discussion is highly appreciated. Thank you.

Dear Dr Muhammad, thank you for sharing this excellent question.

Manually

The choice of journal determines this. I use endnote, which is easy to convert from one referencing style to another.

The choice of journal determines this. I use endnote, which is easy to convert from one referencing style to another.

Do you prefer referencing softwares or manually? Thanks for sharing. I prefer manual referencing.

Regards

Researchers in the area of psychology use APA. I prefer manual referencing.

Thank you to everyone contributing actively to this discussion. The paper link:Fenner, M., Scheliga, K. and Bartling, S. (2013) “Reference Management,” Opening Science, pp. 125–137. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-00026-8_8 📷 posted here by Johnson Masinde is very insightful. It touched on contributions that have been made here by almost everyone. Thank you everyone and well done!

Halmat Faieeq D Mahmood Aristidis Matsoukis Ali A. Al-Homaidan Dlshad Ali Omer I would have loved to see a format of how you do your work manually. Thank you.

I do most of my referencing with the aid of either Zotero https://www.zotero.org/ or Citavi https://www.citavi.com/en . However, I am sure that Endnote has the same functionalities with these two, especially with Citavi. The only areas that I mostly have to be careful and manage manually are when citing from a link or video where I have to include [Online] Available at: xyz ...http:// etc.

I do it manually according to journal instruction.

I do it manually

It depends on the journal instruction. I prefer manually.

Harvard, but I prefer Vancouver

Vancouver style and usually manually but some times it depends on the journal instruction

There are many different ways of citing resources from your research. The citation style sometimes depends on the academic discipline involved. For example:

APA (American Psychological Association) is used by Education, Psychology, and Sciences

MLA (Modern Language Association) style is used by the Humanities

Chicago/Turabian style is generally used by Business, History, and the Fine Arts

https://pitt.libguides.com/citationhelp

Citation style guidelines are often published in an official handbook containing explanations, examples, and instructions. The most common citation styles are the following:

MLA style in the humanities (e.g. literature or languages).

APA style in the social sciences (e.g. psychology or education).

Chicago notes and bibliography in history.

Chicago author-date in the sciences.

However, there are many other widely used styles. In this guide, we will cover all the main citation styles used by universities and journals.

If you are following MLA or APA style, you can use the free citation generator to easily create your citations.

https://www.scribbr.com/citing-sources/citation-styles/

We prioritize APA linking style, but be sure to take into account the publishers' requirements. Usually all links are done manually, I rarely use software.

In Medical journals either Vancouver or Haverd methods of referencening are used. Each journal has their own requirements, as given in the section of the 'instruction to the author' . I prefer to do the referencening manually.

I prefer APA.

Choice of the Reference style is as per the guidelines of journal; not as per author.

So, we must go with the guidelines of the journals.

I am using the various software for this; such as Mendeley ( https://www.mendeley.com/search/ ) , and EndNote ( https://endnote.com/ ) etc.

Thanks

I agree with Umar Ashraf

Dear Dr Muhammad Aledeh

I always use APA style. Sometimes, it is different from what my journals require. But it is no problem because it can be solved in the stage of copyediting. I often use “references” in Microsoft Word, although I know that endnote software is better.

Best regards,

Umar Ashraf Humberto Costa Thank you very much for your contribution. You have both preferred using APA, we may all have our preferences, however, we cannot choose what styles the journals we submit our papers to will publish our papers :-).

In as much as I agree with what is suitable for individuals, I have always enjoyed watching how these styles turn the formats of papers - APA quite closely resembling some of the Harvard's styles. I only follow the styles of journal publishers as stated on their "information/guidelines for authors" just as Cong Minh Huynh has rightly stated.

Either Vancouver or Havard methods of referencing, I also prefer APA. I use Mendeley or sometimes manually.

Osaretin Christabel Okonji Thank you for posting your comment. Cong Minh Huynh contribution can be seen as a supporting post to authors adjusting their references to journal publishers' choices. I mostly initially draft my work using either APA or Harvard's style before setting the format to the journal required style. Osaretin Christabel Okonji I wonder the volume of work you do manually, probably you choose to do only not-too-voluminous work manually?

Only when the references are very few, that I include manually.

I prefer doing references manually in word footnotes.

Most of the time I apply APA latest edition using Zotero, a referencing and citing software. However, referencing style depends on the requirement of the specific journal you are planning to submit your paper. Endnote, Zotero & others... I think all are easy to use; while manual might be time consuming and tiresome indeed.

Hi Muhammad Aledeh

I use referencing software to build up the reference first and then spend some time to check whether it follows the journal requirement. And APA is my usual choice of style

Referencing is what i hate the most when i write an article, i use softwares, but i find myself reorganizing them manually because softwares are not precise sometimes.

Hi Dr Muhammad Aledeh . It depends on the journal format . I entered the references usually manually.

It depends on Journals' reference style.

I use APA style for my research papers as it is being used in most of the recognised journals. Prefer making changes according to the journal submission policy once it is decided in which to submit.

Also, suggest to use Zotero reference manager for organising the reference as it is open sources and user friendly as well.

Best regards

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t depends on the journal format . I entered the references usually manually.

Econometrics citation style guide with bibliography and in-text referencing examples can be found on Paperpile. The easiest way to use a reference manager is to use Paperpile. There are no strict requirements on reference formatting at submission. References can be in any style or format as long as the style is consistent.

Generally, most journals I read or write for use Vancouver style. I do it manually if less than 10 references needed. If more needed, I find reference management software very helpful as there are so many and if I change the text order around, I would often have to extensively change the references order as well. It is so hard to keep track of them all!