How to format your references using the IZA Journal of Migration citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for IZA Journal of Migration. 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

Ruth T. Accelerating production of medical isotopes. Nature. 2009 Jan 29;457(7229):536–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

Casali A, Struhl G. Reading the Hedgehog morphogen gradient by measuring the ratio of bound to unbound Patched protein. Nature. 2004 Sep 2;431(7004):76–80.

A journal article with 3 authors

Dwyer G, Dushoff J, Yee SH. The combined effects of pathogens and predators on insect outbreaks. Nature. 2004 Jul 15;430(6997):341–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Yang T, Dong J, Lu L, Zhou L, Zheng A, Zhang X, et al. All-optical differential equation solver with constant-coefficient tunable based on a single microring resonator. Sci. Rep. 2014 Jul 4;4:5581.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rich P. Understanding, Assessing, and Rehabilitating Juvenile Sexual Offenders. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

Swapna M. Molecular Marker Applications for Improving Sugar Content in Sugarcane. Srivastava S, editor. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Huneman P. Selection. In: Heams T, Huneman P, Lecointre G, Silberstein M, editors. Handbook of Evolutionary Thinking in the Sciences. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2015. p. 37–76.

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 IZA Journal of Migration.

Blog post

Andrew E. From Beer As Preventative To Modern-Day Bacteria, Food Safety Is Still On The Agenda [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/beer-preventative-modern-day-bacteria-food-safety-still-agenda/

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. Year 2000 Computing Challenge: Readiness Improving, But Critical Risks Remain. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 Jan. Report No.: T-AIMD-99-49.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Hantgan A. Aspects of Bangime Phonology, Morphology, and Morphosyntax [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 2013.

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 GG. For Archie Comics, a Return to Superheroes. New York Times. 2011 Oct 10;B5.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Ruth 2009).
This sentence cites two references (Casali and Struhl 2004; Ruth 2009).

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

Two authors: (Casali and Struhl 2004)
Three or more authors: (Yang et al. 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	IZA Journal of Migration
ISSN (online)	2193-9039
Scope