How can I keep a cell's contents italicized

I am compiling a database of sources for a project I'm working on and for each source the journal title needs to be italicized.

I am using a formula to make sure each citation is in the proper format and I don't know how to get the italics to carry over to the output of the formula.

For example:
I have cell R2: Coastal Management

The output of the formula right now would be:
Bruce, E.M. & Eliot, I.G. (2006) A spatial model for marine park zoning. Coastal Management. 34 (1). p.17-38.

But I would like it to be:
Bruce, E.M. & Eliot, I.G. (2006) A spatial model for marine park zoning. Coastal Management. 34 (1). p.17-38.

Is there any way to do this without highlighting every single entry to italicize it??

Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!!

Unfortunately, that's what I thought. I didn't know if there was any way to write a code that would get around that or not. Thank you!