How to format your references using the International Critical Thought citation style

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

Fröbisch, Jörg. 2011. “Paleontology. On Dental Occlusion and Saber Teeth.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 331 (6024): 1525–1528.

A journal article with 2 authors

Liberman, Nira, and Yaacov Trope. 2008. “The Psychology of Transcending the Here and Now.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 322 (5905): 1201–1205.

A journal article with 3 authors

Halley, John M., Yoh Iwasa, and Despoina Vokou. 2013. “Comment on ‘Extinction Debt and Windows of Conservation Opportunity in the Brazilian Amazon.’” Science (New York, N.Y.) 339 (6117): 271.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Simonetti, Angelita, Stefano Marzi, Alexander G. Myasnikov, Attilio Fabbretti, Marat Yusupov, Claudio O. Gualerzi, and Bruno P. Klaholz. 2008. “Structure of the 30S Translation Initiation Complex.” Nature 455 (7211): 416–420.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

O’Hara, Brian T., and Ben Malisow. 2017. CCSP® (ISC) 2® Certified Cloud Security Professional Official Study Guide. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Lovat, Terence, ed. 2012. Women in Islam: Reflections on Historical and Contemporary Research. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Hbid, M. L. 2006. “INTRODUCTION TO HOPF BIFURCATION THEORY FOR DELAY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS.” In Delay Differential Equations and Applications, edited by O. Arino, M. L. Hbid, and E. Ait Dads, 161–191. NATO Science Series. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

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 International Critical Thought.

Blog post

Andrew, Elise. 2014. “What Happens When You Drop A Magnet Through A Copper Tube?” IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/what-happens-when-you-drop-magnet-through-copper-tube/.

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. 2002. Relocation of Space Shuttle Major Modification Work. GAO-03-294R. 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

Moreau, Gerard A. 2009. “Touch and Psychotherapy: A Journey to the Depths of the Unconscious and Back Again.” Doctoral dissertation, Carpinteria, CA: Pacifica Graduate Institute.

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

Shear, Michael D. 2017. “How White House Officials Explained That 18-Day Wait.” New York Times, May 9.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Fröbisch 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Fröbisch 2011; Liberman and Trope 2008).

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

Two authors: (Liberman and Trope 2008)
Three authors: (Halley, Iwasa, and Vokou 2013)
4 or more authors: (Simonetti et al. 2008)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Critical Thought
Abbreviation	Int. Crit. Thought
ISSN (print)	2159-8282
ISSN (online)	2159-8312
Scope