How to format your references using the Decision Analytics citation style

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

Smaglik P. Thinking big. Nature. 2004 Apr 22;428(6985):873.

A journal article with 2 authors

Dominguez-Villar M, Hafler DA. Immunology. An innate role for IL-17. Science. 2011 Apr 1;332(6025):47–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Dwyer G, Dushoff J, Yee SH. The combined effects of pathogens and predators on insect outbreaks. Nature. 2004 Jul 15;430(6997):341–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Zhang F, Wang M, Liang C, Jiang H, Shen J, Li H. Thin-layer polymer wrapped enzymes encapsulated in hierarchically mesoporous silica with high activity and enhanced stability. Sci. Rep. 2014 Mar 21;4:4421.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Edwards DW. Risk Management in Trading. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

Rangel-Buitrago N. Risk Assessment of Storms in Coastal Zones: Case Studies from Cartagena (Colombia) and Cadiz (Spain). Anfuso G, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Naterer GF, Dincer I, Zamfirescu C. Thermochemical Water-Splitting Cycles. In: Dincer I, Zamfirescu C, editors. Hydrogen Production from Nuclear Energy. London: Springer; 2013. p. 153–272.

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 Decision Analytics.

Blog post

Fang J. Bees Prefer Nectar Laced with Pesticides [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/bees-prefer-nectar-laced-pesticides/

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. Interscholastic Athletics: School Districts Provide Some Assistance to Uninsured Student Athletes. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000 Sep. Report No.: HEHS-00-148.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ennaco WA. Mastering morphosyntax: A pre-experimental study on the effectiveness of a parent-training program for preschoolaged children with specific language impairment [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2014.

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

Gelles D, Kelly K, Abrams R, Corkery M. Walmart Chief Joins C.E.O. Protests. New York Times. 2017 Aug 15;A1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Smaglik 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Dominguez-Villar and Hafler 2011; Smaglik 2004).

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

Two authors: (Dominguez-Villar and Hafler 2011)
Three or more authors: (Zhang et al. 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Decision Analytics
Abbreviation	Decis. Anal.
ISSN (online)	2193-8636
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