How to format your references using the International Studies in the Philosophy of Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Studies in the Philosophy of Science. 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

Bagla, P. 2000. “PALEONTOLOGY: Team Rejects Claim of Early Indian Fossils.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 289 (5483): 1273a.

A journal article with 2 authors

Sachs, Julian P., and Robert F. Anderson. 2005. “Increased Productivity in the Subantarctic Ocean during Heinrich Events.” Nature 434 (7037): 1118–1121.

A journal article with 3 authors

Basile-Doelsch, Isabelle, Jean Dominique Meunier, and Claude Parron. 2005. “Another Continental Pool in the Terrestrial Silicon Cycle.” Nature 433 (7024): 399–402.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Sun, Ge, Qiang Ji, David L. Dilcher, Shaolin Zheng, Kevin C. Nixon, and Xinfu Wang. 2002. “Archaefructaceae, a New Basal Angiosperm Family.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 296 (5569): 899–904.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kulkarni, Sanjeev, and Gilbert Harman. 2011. An Elementary Introduction to Statistical Learning Theory: Kulkarni/Statistical Learning Theory. Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Nicolais, Luigi, Michele Meo, and Eva Milella, eds. 2011. Composite Materials: A Vision for the Future. London: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Van Deven, T., K. Hibbert, and H. C. Ellinor. 2009. “Teaching and Learning: Defining the Scholarship of Teaching.” In Radiology Education: The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, edited by Rethy K. Chhem, Kathryn M. Hibbert, and Teresa Van Deven, 39–49. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

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 Studies in the Philosophy of Science.

Blog post

Andrew, Danielle. 2016. “Engineered Bacteria Are Helping Us Add Memory To Living Computers.” IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/engineered-bacteria-are-helping-us-add-memory-to-living-computers/.

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. 2012. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education: Survey of Federal Programs (GAO-12-110SP, January 2012), an E-Supplement to GAO-12-108. GAO-12-110SP. 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

Hernandez, Amanda N. 2017. “Connecting the Community: A Grant Proposal.” Doctoral dissertation, Long Beach, CA: California State University, Long Beach.

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

Clarey, Christopher. 2017. “Williams Avoids Opening-Round Stumble, Overcoming a Tough Young Foe.” New York Times, January 17.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Bagla 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Bagla 2000; Sachs and Anderson 2005).

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

Two authors: (Sachs and Anderson 2005)
Three authors: (Basile-Doelsch, Meunier, and Parron 2005)
4 or more authors: (Sun et al. 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Studies in the Philosophy of Science
Abbreviation	Int. Stud. Philos. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0269-8595
ISSN (online)	1469-9281
Scope	History and Philosophy of Science