How to format your references using the China Journal of Accounting Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for China Journal of Accounting Studies. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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

Kelly, J. D. (2014). Make diagnostic centres a priority for Ebola crisis. Nature, 513(7517), 145.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hawthorne, D. J., & Via, S. (2001). Genetic linkage of ecological specialization and reproductive isolation in pea aphids. Nature, 412(6850), 904–907.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hansen, L. N., Zimmerman, M. E., & Kohlstedt, D. L. (2012). Laboratory measurements of the viscous anisotropy of olivine aggregates. Nature, 492(7429), 415–418.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Hutson, M. S., Tokutake, Y., Chang, M.-S., Bloor, J. W., Venakides, S., Kiehart, D. P., & Edwards, G. S. (2003). Forces for morphogenesis investigated with laser microsurgery and quantitative modeling. Science (New York, N.Y.), 300(5616), 145–149.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Matthys, W., & Lochman, J. E. (2016). Oppositional Defiant Disorder and Conduct Disorder in Childhood. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Taillefer, M., & Ma, D. (Eds.). (2013). Amination and Formation of sp2 C-N Bonds (Vol. 46). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Tashjian, R. Z. (2015). Rotator Cuff Tear in Athletes: Part I. Pathophysiology. In J.-Y. Park (Ed.), Sports Injuries to the Shoulder and Elbow (pp. 51–56). 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 China Journal of Accounting Studies.

Blog post

Hale, T. (2016, May 15). The Alternative Medicine Blogger Who Faked Cancer Is Facing Legal Action. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/health-blogger-who-faked-cancer-facing-legal-action/

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. (2001). Research and Development Funding: Reported Gap Between Data From Federal Agencies and Their R&D Performers Results From Noncomparable Data (GAO-01-512R). 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

Gamez Grijalva, V. M. (2009). Biological and physical-chemical methods for treatment of semiconductor manufacturing effluents [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Arizona.

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

Kelly, C. (2009, February 17). Physical Therapy and the Camaraderie of Healing. New York Times, D5.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Kelly, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Hawthorne & Via, 2001; Kelly, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Hawthorne & Via, 2001)
Three authors: (Hansen et al., 2012)
6 or more authors: (Hutson et al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	China Journal of Accounting Studies
Abbreviation	China J. Acc. Stud.
ISSN (print)	2169-7221
ISSN (online)	2169-7213
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