How to format your references using the French Historical Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for French Historical 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

Rubbia, Carlo. “Simon van Der Meer (1925-2011).” Nature 472, no. 7342 (April 14, 2011): 170.

A journal article with 2 authors

Cane, M. A., and M. Evans. “CLIMATE VARIABILITY: Enhanced: Do the Tropics Rule?” Science (New York, N.Y.) 290, no. 5494 (November 10, 2000): 1107–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Mukandavire, Zindoga, David L. Smith, and J. Glenn Morris Jr. “Cholera in Haiti: Reproductive Numbers and Vaccination Coverage Estimates.” Scientific Reports 3 (January 10, 2013): 997.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Hao, Chonglei, Yahua Liu, Xuemei Chen, Yuncheng He, Qiusheng Li, K. Y. Li, and Zuankai Wang. “Electrowetting on Liquid-Infused Film (EWOLF): Complete Reversibility and Controlled Droplet Oscillation Suppression for Fast Optical Imaging.” Scientific Reports 4 (October 30, 2014): 6846.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bush, Jack, Daryl M. Harris, and Richard J. Parker. Cognitive Self Change. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2016.

An edited book

Vincent, Jean-Louis, and Jesse B. Hall, eds. Encyclopedia of Intensive Care Medicine. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Kanekawa, Nobuyasu, Eishi H. Ibe, Takashi Suga, and Yutaka Uematsu. “Fault-Tolerant System Technology.” In Dependability in Electronic Systems: Mitigation of Hardware Failures, Soft Errors, and Electro-Magnetic Disturbances, edited by Eishi H. Ibe, Takashi Suga, and Yutaka Uematsu, 143–200. New York, NY: Springer, 2011.

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 French Historical Studies.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, Jonathan. “Evidence For Ancient Mega-Tsunamis Discovered On Mars.” IFLScience. IFLScience, May 19, 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/evidence-ancient-ocean-mars-may-have-been-washed-away-mega-tsunamis/.

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. “Aviation Security: Systematic Planning Needed to Optimize the Deployment of Checked Baggage Screening Systems.” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, March 15, 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Crane, Coriandré Cerise. “A Qualitative Study on the Preferred Working Environment of Southern California Secondary Teachers with Experience in Both a District Traditional School and a District Charter School.” Doctoral dissertation, Pepperdine University, 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

Pilon, Mary. “Suit Change Does Not Matter As U.S. Misses Podium Again.” New York Times, February 16, 2014.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	French Historical Studies
Abbreviation	Fr. Hist. Stud.
ISSN (print)	0016-1071
Scope	History