REPA Citation Style

Citation Style and Guidelines

Research and Education Promotion Association (REPA) provides its Official Citation Style approved and aligned with the CSL standard of the Citations Standard Langue Organization. The REPA Citation Style is available through the citation management tools (Zotero, Mendeley, Papers, Docear4Word, and Paperpile) to provide editorial guidelines for the REPA publications (Books, Journals, Proceedings, Articles, and so on).

All sources (references) must cite in the text in a series of descending order, in square brackets ([1], [2], [3,4]). Referring to a source (reference) should follow the same role, using name of author, contributor, editor, etc. following the citation in square brackets: According to Ahmad [6]; Sato O, et al. [12]; as mentioned earlier [2-5], [8].

Journal Articles (Periodical Publication)
1^st Author, 2^nd Author, 3^rd Author, 4^th Author, 5^th Author, et al. (Year) “Title of Paper.” Publisher / Name of Journal (vol. Volume Number, no. Issue Number, pp. Page) DOI.
Authors 1-4, et al. (year) “Paper Title.” Publication (vol. x, no. x, pp. xx-xx / xx) doi.

Sample Bibliography

Haimes YY (1992) “Sustainable development: a holistic approach to natural resource management” IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 413–417) https://doi.org/10.1109/21.155942
Palchik V (2020) “Analysis of main factors influencing the apertures of mining-induced horizontal fractures at longwall coal mining” Geomechanics and Geophysics for Geo-Energy and Geo-Resources (vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 37) https://doi.org/10.1007/s40948-020-00158-w
Danish MSS, Senjyu T, Zaheb H, Sabory NR, Ibrahimi AM, et al. (2019) “A novel transdisciplinary paradigm for municipal solid waste to energy” Journal of Cleaner Production (vol. 233, pp. 880–892) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2019.05.402
Omer AM (2008) “Energy, environment and sustainable development” Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews (vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 2265–2300) https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2007.05.001

Conference Paper (Proceeding Publication):
1^st Author, 2^nd Author, 3^rd Author, 4^th Author, 5^th Author, et al. (Year) “Title of Paper.” Name of the Conference, Location, Publisher, vol. Volume Number - pp. Page. DOI
Authors 1-4, et al. (year) “Paper Title.” Conference Name, Location, Publisher, vol. xx - pp. Page. doi

Bibliography Examples

Wang M, Liao S (2019) “Investigation of Sustainable Development Mode of Buildings in Historical Site based on AHP and ArcGIS”2019 IEEE Eurasia Conference on Biomedical Engineering, Healthcare and Sustainability (ECBIOS) Okinawa, Japan, IEEE, vol. 888888 - pp. 127–129. https://doi.org/10.1109/ECBIOS.2019.8807817
Rosen MA (1995) “The role of energy efficiency in sustainable development” Proceedings 1995 Interdisciplinary Conference: Knowledge Tools for a Sustainable Civilization. Fourth Canadian Conference on Foundations and Applications of General Science Theory Toronto, Canada, IEEE - pp. 140–148. https://doi.org/10.1109/KTSC.1995.569167

Book
1^st Author, 2^nd Author (Year) “Title of Book,” Edition City of Publisher, Country: Publisher. Number of Pages p. ISBN.
1^st Author, 2^nd Author (year) “Book Title,” Edition City, Country: Publisher. xx p. ISBN.

Bibliography Example

Williams DE (2007) “Sustainable design: ecology, architecture, and planning,” 1st ed. New Jersey, United States: John Wiley & Sons. 320 p. ISBN: 978-0-471-70953-4

Chapter Book
1^st Author, 2^nd Author (Year) “Title of chapter in the book” Title of Book/Edited Book, Edition City of Publisher, Country, Publisher - pp. Page Range. DOI
Authors (year) “Chapter Title” Book Title; Edition City, Country, Publisher - pp. xx-xx. doi

Bibliography Example

Borana L, Deka BJ, Guo J, An AK (2020) “Environment Modeling for Sustainable Development” Sustainability, 1st ed. New Jersey, United States, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd - pp. 229–253. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119434016.ch11

Handbook and Manual
1^st Editor, 2^nd Editor (Year) “Title of Handbook,” Edition City of Publisher, Country, Publisher. Number of Page p. ISBN
Editors (year) “Handbook Title,” Edition City, Country, Publisher. xxx p. ISBN

Bibliography Example

Filho WL: editor (2018) “Handbook of Sustainability Science and Research,” 1st ed. Berlin, Germany, Springer International Publishing. 991 p. ISBN: 978-3-319-63006-9

Report
Title of Report (Year) Type of Report, City of Publisher, Country, Publisher. (URL). Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Energy and Climate Change (2015) WEO-2015 Special Report Paris, France, International Energy Agency (IEA). (https://webstore.iea.org/weo-2015-special-report-energy-and-climate-change) Accessed: 7 April 2020.

Thesis
Author (Year) “Title of Thesis” (Type of Thesis) City, Country; Institution/University. (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Usman A (2020) “Energy and environment revolution in the 21st century” (Doctoral Dissertation) Okinawa, Japan, University of the Ryukyus.

Document
1^st Author, 2^nd Author (Year) “Title of Document.” (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Editorial Office (2020) “REPA Editorial Guide.” (https://repa.jp/editorial-guide-and-citation-style) Accessed: 17 April 2020.

Newspaper Article
Author (Year) “Title of Newspaper/Article” Publisher. (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Gunn-Wright R (2020) “Think This Pandemic Is Bad? We Have Another Crisis Coming” The New York Times. (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/15/opinion/climate-change-covid-economy.html) Accessed: 18 April 2020.

Presentation
Presenter (Year) “Title of Presentation.” (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Usman A (2020) “Energy and environment revolution in the 21st century.” (http://repa.jp/sodc-japan) Accessed: 17 April 2020.

Blog Post
1^st Author, 2^nd Author (Year) “Title of Post” Publisher. (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Mumbunan S, Davey E (2019) “A 5-Step Plan to Protect and Restore Indonesia’s Forests” World Resources Institute. (https://www.wri.org/blog-tags/8634) Accessed: 18 April 2020.

Web/URL
Author (Year) “Title of Topic”. Publisher / Website Title. (URL) Accessed: day month year.
Title of Topic (Year) Publisher / Website Title. (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Usman A (2020) “What is Sustainability?” UCLA Sustainability. (https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/about-us/what-is-sustainability/) Accessed: 18 April 2020.
What is Sustainability? (2020) UCLA Sustainability. (https://www.sustain.ucla.edu/about-us/what-is-sustainability/) Accessed: 18 April 2020.

Interview
Interview with/Interviwer (Year) “Interview Subject.” (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Thörnroos V (2020) “Sustainable Development as a Roadmap for the Islands of Peace.” (https://www.regions4.org/news/sustainable-development-as-a-roadmap-for-the-islands-of-peace/) Accessed: 18 April 2020.

Patent
Inventor (Year) “Title of Patent” (No. Priority Number, pp. Page Range). (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Brooks LMR (1992) “Musical toothbrush with adjustable neck and mirror” (no. Priority Number, pp. Pages). (https://patents.google.com/patent/USD326189S/en) Accessed: 18 April 2020.

Unpublished (Manuscript)
1^st Author, 2^nd Author 3^rd Author, 4^th Author, 5^th Author, et al. (Year) “Title of Manuscript.” (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Usman A, Sato O (2020) “Energy and environment revolution in the 21st century.” (URL) Accessed: 17 April 2020.

Map
Cartographer / Contributor (Year) “Title of Map.”(URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Usman A (2020) “Map showing the location of REPA’s main office.” (https://earth.google.com/web/@26.21384589,127.67932851,44.03953619a,920.09135993d,35y,147.8301639h,0t,0r/data=CnYadBJuCiUweDM0ZTU2OWI2YWRjNWEwY2Q6MHg0ZGNlNGVmODdlODMyMGRlGShGlsyxNjpAITyuV6J9619AKjNSZXNlYXJjaCBhbmQgRWR1Y2F0aW9uIFByb21vdGlvbiBBc3NvY2lhdGlvbiAoUkVQQSkYAiAB) Accessed: 18 April 2020.

Artwork
Artist (Year) ”Title of Artwork.” (URL). Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

NingZk V (2020) “Getting your workplace ready for COVID-19 poster vector.” (https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2293016/free-illustration-vector-covid-coronavirus-healthcare) Accessed: 18 April 2020.

TV Broadcast
Title of Discussion (Year) Title of Program. (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Sustainable Development as a Roadmap for the Islands of Peace (2020) Climate Change. (https://www.regions4.org/news/sustainable-development-as-a-roadmap-for-the-islands-of-peace/) Accessed: 18 April 2020.

Video Recording
Title of Discussion (Year). (URL) Accessed: day month year.

Bibliography Example

Sustainable Development as a Roadmap for the Islands of Peace (2020). (https://www.regions4.org/news/sustainable-development-as-a-roadmap-for-the-islands-of-peace/) Accessed: 18 April 2020.