How to format your references using the Accounting History Review citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Accounting History Review. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Download the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Eisner, J. A. 2007. “Water Vapour and Hydrogen in the Terrestrial-Planet-Forming Region of a Protoplanetary Disk.” Nature 447 (7144): 562–564.

A journal article with 2 authors

Yang, Jianying, and Michael Reth. 2010. “Oligomeric Organization of the B-Cell Antigen Receptor on Resting Cells.” Nature 467 (7314): 465–469.

A journal article with 3 authors

Loudet, J. C., P. Barois, and P. Poulin. 2000. “Colloidal Ordering from Phase Separation in a Liquid-Crystalline Continuous Phase.” Nature 407 (6804): 611–613.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Emery, P., R. Stanewsky, J. C. Hall, and M. Rosbash. 2000. “A Unique Circadian-Rhythm Photoreceptor.” Nature 404 (6777): 456–457.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Wolf, Edward L., and Manasa Medikonda. 2012. Understanding the Nanotechnology Revolution. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

Nielsen, Jennifer L., Haritz Arrizabalaga, Nuno Fragoso, Alistair Hobday, Molly Lutcavage, and John Sibert, eds. 2009. Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices. Vol. 9. Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Connor, Rachel. 2011. “The Contribution of Diagnostic Imaging in Rare Gynaecological Malignancies.” In Rare and Uncommon Gynecological Cancers: A Clinical Guide, edited by Nicholas Reed, John Alan Green, David M. Gershenson, Nadeem Siddiqui, and Rachel Connor, 15–64. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for Accounting History Review.

Blog post

Hamilton, Kristy. 2016. “Yes, The Arctic’s Freakishly Warm Winter Is Due To Humans’ Climate Influence.” IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/yes-the-arctics-freakishly-warm-winter-is-due-to-humans-climate-influence/.

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. 2000. Electronic Signature: Sanction of the Department of State’s System. AIMD-00-227R. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Ethridge, Glacia. 2012. “Determining the Variables That Contribute to Job Tenure for People with Psychiatric Disabilities Participating in an Evidenced-Based Supported Employment Program.” Doctoral dissertation, College Park, MD: University of Maryland, College Park.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Hodgman, John. 2017. “Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman.” New York Times, August 25.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Eisner 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Eisner 2007; Yang and Reth 2010).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Yang and Reth 2010)
Three authors: (Loudet, Barois, and Poulin 2000)
4 or more authors: (Emery et al. 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Accounting History Review
Abbreviation	Acc. Hist. Rev.
ISSN (print)	2155-2851
ISSN (online)	2155-286X
Scope	History General Business, Management and Accounting Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Accounting