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

Steneck, Nicholas H. “Research Ethics. Global Research Integrity Training.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 340, no. 6132 (May 3, 2013): 552–53.

A journal article with 2 authors

Chhowalla, M., and G. A. Amaratunga. “Thin Films of Fullerene-like MoS2 Nanoparticles with Ultra-Low Friction and Wear.” Nature 407, no. 6801 (September 14, 2000): 164–67.

A journal article with 3 authors

Liu, Jinting, Pingyuan Gong, and Xiaolin Zhou. “The Association between Romantic Relationship Status and 5-HT1A Gene in Young Adults.” Scientific Reports 4 (November 20, 2014): 7049.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Rangroo Thrane, Vinita, Alexander S. Thrane, Benjamin A. Plog, Meenakshisundaram Thiyagarajan, Jeffrey J. Iliff, Rashid Deane, Erlend A. Nagelhus, and Maiken Nedergaard. “Paravascular Microcirculation Facilitates Rapid Lipid Transport and Astrocyte Signaling in the Brain.” Scientific Reports 3 (2013): 2582.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ham, Bryan M. Proteomics of Biological Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011.

An edited book

Jagaroo, Vinoth, and Susan L. Santangelo, eds. Neurophenotypes: Advancing Psychiatry and Neuropsychology in the “OMICS” Era. Innovations in Cognitive Neuroscience. Boston, MA: Springer US, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Messner, Wolfgang. “Strategically Organising for Innovation in Global Sourcing.” In Globalization of Professional Services: Innovative Strategies, Successful Processes, Inspired Talent Management, and First-Hand Experiences, edited by Ulrich Bäumer, Peter Kreutter, and Wolfgang Messner, 41–51. 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, Danielle. “Why Did Humans Evolve Big Penises But Small Testicles?” IFLScience. IFLScience, January 26, 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-did-humans-evolve-big-penises-but-small-testicles/.

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. “Airline Labor Relations: Information on Trends and Impact of Labor Actions.” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, June 13, 2003.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Alsaadi, Abdulrahman. “Smart Smoke and Fire Detection with Wireless and Global System for Mobile Technology.” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, 2016.

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

Walsh, Mary Williams. “Appointee on Pensions.” New York Times, June 18, 2015.

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