How to reference documents on AER

All documents on AER are securely and permanently archived with a CC-BY licence (or equivalent) which means anyone can use and share these documents and the information within as long as the original source is appropriately attributed.

If you are simply sharing a document with your colleague, copy and send the unique URL attributed to each document on AER:

If you are however writing a report, article, or otherwise and want to provide full details of the source, download and open the document in question and identify the following information:

Name of all authors
Document title
Publication year (Note – this is different to the ‘Published online’ date indicated on the document’s webpage on AER)
Publishing organisation
Document URL

Use the gathered information to create a full reference as follows:
Authors. (Year). Title. Publishing organisation, URL

For example:
Leigh, S. & Parfett, R. (2017). How does science inform the UK Parliament? British Ecological Society, https://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/applied-ecology-resources/document/20203312542/

Best practice and tips

If no author is available, use the publishing organisation
List author names in chronological order by last name
For journal articles, follow the article’s DOI to find the source literature and ways to cite the work