How to format your references using the Business History citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Business History. 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

Marris, Emma. “Sugar Cane and Ethanol: Drink the Best and Drive the Rest.” Nature 444, no. 7120 (December 7, 2006): 670–72.

A journal article with 2 authors

Gelman, Rochel, and C. R. Gallistel. “Language and the Origin of Numerical Concepts.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 306, no. 5695 (October 15, 2004): 441–43.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gómez-Llobregat, Jordi, Javier Buceta, and Ramon Reigada. “Interplay of Cytoskeletal Activity and Lipid Phase Stability in Dynamic Protein Recruitment and Clustering.” Scientific Reports 3 (2013): 2608.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Burns, Stephen J., Dominik Fleitmann, Albert Matter, Jan Kramers, and Abdulkarim A. Al-Subbary. “Indian Ocean Climate and an Absolute Chronology over Dansgaard/Oeschger Events 9 to 13.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 301, no. 5638 (September 5, 2003): 1365–67.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Silva, Flávio Soares Corrêa da, and Jaume Agustí-Cullell. Knowledge Coordination. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2005.

An edited book

Thornburg, Devin, and Anne M. Mungai, eds. High-Need Schools: Changing the Dialogue. Rotterdam: SensePublishers, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Sharma, Shilpi, Rashi Gupta, Gaurav Dugar, and Ashok K. Srivastava. “Impact of Application of Biofertilizers on Soil Structure and Resident Microbial Community Structure and Function.” In Bacteria in Agrobiology: Plant Probiotics, edited by Dinesh K. Maheshwari, 65–77. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2012.

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 Business History.

Blog post

Andrew, Elise. “Archaeologists Believe They Have Found Mysterious Concealed Chambers Inside Tutankhamun’s Tomb.” IFLScience. IFLScience, November 8, 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/has-nefertitis-tomb-finally-been-found/.

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. “NASA: Sound Management and Oversight Key to Addressing Crew Exploration Vehicle Project Risks.” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, September 28, 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lowry, Lisa A. “Creative Aging in Senior Centers: A Grounded Theory Study.” Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, 2017.

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

Conte, Linda. “Scouting Report.” New York Times, April 14, 2011.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	Business History
Abbreviation	Bus. Hist.
ISSN (print)	0007-6791
ISSN (online)	1743-7938
Scope	History Business, Management and Accounting (miscellaneous) Business and International Management