How to format your references using the Contemporary Islam citation style

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

Draaisma, D. (2015). Oliver Sacks (1933-2015). Nature, 525(7568), 188.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ocampo, A., & Izpisua Belmonte, J. C. (2015). Stem cells. Holding your breath for longevity. Science (New York, N.Y.), 347(6228), 1319–1320.

A journal article with 3 authors

Strauss, E., Oszkinis, G., & Staniszewski, R. (2014). SEPP1 gene variants and abdominal aortic aneurysm: gene association in relation to metabolic risk factors and peripheral arterial disease coexistence. Scientific reports, 4, 7061.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Wernsdorfer, W., Aliaga-Alcalde, N., Hendrickson, D. N., & Christou, G. (2002). Exchange-biased quantum tunnelling in a supramolecular dimer of single-molecule magnets. Nature, 416(6879), 406–409.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ben Mahmoud, M. S., Larrieu, N., & Pirovano, A. (2013). Risk Propagation Assessment for Network Security. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Schmidt, R. A. (Ed.). (2006). Relations and Kleene Algebra in Computer Science: 9th International Conference on Relational Methods in Computer Science and 4th International Workshop on Applications of Kleene Algebra, RelMiCS/AKA 2006, Manchester, UK, August 29–September 2, 2006. Proceedings (Vol. 4136). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Bilkei-Gorzo, A., & Zimmer, A. (2005). Mutagenesis and Knockout Models: NK1 and Substance P. In F. Holsboer & A. Ströhle (Eds.), Anxiety and Anxiolytic Drugs (pp. 143–162). 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 Contemporary Islam.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, March 25). Finland’s School Eeforms Won’t Scrap Subjects Altogether. IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed 30 October 2018

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. (2015). Highlights of a Forum: Financial Literacy: The Role of the Workplace (No. GAO-15-639SP). 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

Lin, L.-M. (2010). Transformation in Chinese Theatre Works’ the Legend of White Snake (Doctoral dissertation). University of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD.

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, D. A. (2006, June 25). How to Get the Best Rate (and Avoid Fees). New York Times, p. TR6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Draaisma 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Draaisma 2015; Ocampo and Izpisua Belmonte 2015).

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

Two authors: (Ocampo and Izpisua Belmonte 2015)
Three or more authors: (Wernsdorfer et al. 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Contemporary Islam
ISSN (print)	1872-0218
ISSN (online)	1872-0226
Scope	Religious studies Cultural Studies