How to format your references using the International Journal of Human - Computer Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Human - Computer 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

Szathmáry, E., 2006. Evolution. Darwin for all seasons. Science 313, 306–307.

A journal article with 2 authors

Western, D., Behrensmeyer, A.K., 2009. Bone assemblages track animal community structure over 40 years in an African savanna ecosystem. Science 324, 1061–1064.

A journal article with 3 authors

Polat, E.O., Balcı, O., Kocabas, C., 2014. Graphene based flexible electrochromic devices. Sci. Rep. 4, 6484.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Robinson, L.F., Henderson, G.M., Hall, L., Matthews, I., 2004. Climatic control of riverine and seawater uranium-isotope ratios. Science 305, 851–854.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bonneau, D., Fatu, A., Souchet, D., 2014. Thermo-Hydrodynamic Lubrication in Hydrodynamic Bearings. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Blanchini, F., 2015. Set-Theoretic Methods in Control, 2nd ed. 2015. ed, Systems & Control: Foundations & Applications. Springer International Publishing, Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

Boyle, J., 2015. The Relevance of Double Effect to Decisions About Sedation at the End of Life, in: Taboada, P. (Ed.), Sedation at the End-of-Life: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Philosophy and Medicine. Springer Netherlands, Dordrecht, pp. 55–71.

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 Journal of Human - Computer Studies.

Blog post

Carpineti, A., 2016. Underground Methane Is Making The Russian Tundra Wobble Like Jello [WWW Document]. IFLScience. URL https://www.iflscience.com/environment/underground-methane-is-making-the-russian-tundra-wobble-like-jello/ (accessed 10.30.18).

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, 1996. Reduction in Demonstration Project Funding (No. RCED-96-172R). U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Williams Soberanes, C., 2012. Experiences of Mexican Immigrant Women Living in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area (Doctoral dissertation). George Washington University, Washington, DC.

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

Gustines, G.G., 2016. These Superheros Come With Lipstick. New York Times ST8.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Szathmáry, 2006).
This sentence cites two references (Szathmáry, 2006; Western and Behrensmeyer, 2009).

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

Two authors: (Western and Behrensmeyer, 2009)
Three or more authors: (Robinson et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Journal of Human - Computer Studies
Abbreviation	Int. J. Hum. Comput. Stud.
ISSN (print)	1071-5819
Scope	Hardware and Architecture Human-Computer Interaction Software General Engineering Education Human Factors and Ergonomics