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

Eliasson J. The rising pressure of global water shortages. Nature. 2015 Jan 1;517(7532):6.

A journal article with 2 authors

Pinaud F, Dahan M. Biochemistry. Zooming into live cells. Science. 2008 Apr 11;320(5873):187–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kaiser SM, Malik HS, Emerman M. Restriction of an extinct retrovirus by the human TRIM5alpha antiviral protein. Science. 2007 Jun 22;316(5832):1756–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kroodsma DA, Mayorga J, Hochberg T, Miller NA, Boerder K, Ferretti F, et al. Response to Comment on “Tracking the global footprint of fisheries.” Science. 2018 Aug 24;361(6404).

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

S. Bagotsky V, M. Skundin A, M. Volfkovich Y. Electrochemical Power Sources. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

Balandin S, Moltchanov D, Koucheryavy Y, editors. Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking: 8th International Conference, NEW2AN and 1st Russian Conference on Smart Spaces, ruSMART 2008 St. Petersburg, Russia, September 3-5, 2008. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

Loktev M, Vdovin G. Technology and Operation of a Liquid Crystal Modal Wavefront Corrector. In: Wittrock U, editor. Adaptive Optics for Industry and Medicine: Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop Münster, Germany, Oct. 19–24, 2003. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005. p. 25–33.

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

Taub B. Do Animals Use Drugs In The Wild? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/do-animals-use-drugs-wild/

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. Tax Administration: Achieving Business and Technical Goals In Tax Systems Modernization. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 Apr. Report No.: T-GGD-93-24.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Olanisa EL. Mental health issues and use of health care services among older immigrant women in California [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2012.

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 MW. Puerto Rico Passes Bill Allowing It to Declare a Moratorium on Its Debt. New York Times. 2016 Apr 7;B5.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Eliasson 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Eliasson 2015; Pinaud and Dahan 2008).

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

Two authors: (Pinaud and Dahan 2008)
Three or more authors: (Kroodsma et al. 2018)

About the journal

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