How to format your references using the Constellations citation style

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

Potrykus, Ingo. “Regulation Must Be Revolutionized.” Nature 466, no. 7306 (July 29, 2010): 561.

A journal article with 2 authors

Greenwood, Brian, and Seth Owusu-Agyei. “Epidemiology. Malaria in the Post-Genome Era.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 338, no. 6103 (October 5, 2012): 49–50.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ma, Jiyan, Robert Wollmann, and Susan Lindquist. “Neurotoxicity and Neurodegeneration When PrP Accumulates in the Cytosol.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 298, no. 5599 (November 29, 2002): 1781–85.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Berthe, M., R. Stiufiuc, B. Grandidier, D. Deresmes, C. Delerue, and D. Stiévenard. “Probing the Carrier Capture Rate of a Single Quantum Level.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 319, no. 5862 (January 25, 2008): 436–38.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Desmond, Kathleen K. Ideas about Art. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2011.

An edited book

Maglaveras, Nicos, Ioanna Chouvarda, Vassilis Koutkias, and Rüdiger Brause, eds. Biological and Medical Data Analysis: 7th International Symposium, ISBMDA 2006, Thessaloniki, Greece, December 7-8, 2006. Proceedings. Vol. 4345. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

Acharya, Saujanya, Raja Reddy Kuppili, Lalith K. Chaganti, and Kakoli Bose. “Proteases in Apoptosis: Protocols and Methods.” In Proteases in Apoptosis: Pathways, Protocols and Translational Advances, edited by Kakoli Bose, 143–202. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2015.

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 Constellations.

Blog post

Davis, Josh. “Globally Important Iraqi Marshes Designated As A World Heritage Site.” IFLScience. IFLScience, July 19, 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/globally-important-iraqi-marshes-designated-as-a-world-heritage-site/.

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. “[Comments on DOD Data Center Consolidation Plan].” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, May 2, 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Julian, Amber. “Guided Autobiography Themes for Older Adult United States War Veterans.” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, 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

MacFARQUHAR, Neil, and Sophia Kishkovsky. “Russian Theater Director Fired for Offending Christians.” New York Times, March 30, 2015.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	Constellations
Abbreviation	Constellations
ISSN (online)	1467-8675
Scope	General Psychology General Social Sciences