How to format your references using the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 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

van der Hilst, R. D. (2004). Geophysics. Changing views on Earth’s deep mantle. Science (New York, N.Y.), 306(5697), 817–818.

A journal article with 2 authors

Volz, J., & Rauschenbeutel, A. (2012). Physics. Two atoms announce their long-distance relationship. Science (New York, N.Y.), 337(6090), 40–41.

A journal article with 3 authors

Callender, C., Quinn, I., & Tymoczko, D. (2008). Generalized voice-leading spaces. Science (New York, N.Y.), 320(5874), 346–348.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Loveday, J. S., Nelmes, R. J., Guthrie, M., Belmonte, S. A., Allan, D. R., Klug, D. D., et al. (2001). Stable methane hydrate above 2 GPa and the source of Titan’s atmospheric methane. Nature, 410(6829), 661–663.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Biegelman, M. T. (2013). Faces of Fraud. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Liao, H., Linte, C. A., Masamune, K., Peters, T. M., & Zheng, G. (Eds.). (2013). Augmented Reality Environments for Medical Imaging and Computer-Assisted Interventions: 6th International Workshop, MIAR 2013 and 8th International Workshop, AE-CAI 2013, Held in Conjunction with MICCAI 2013, Nagoya, Japan, September 22, 2013. Proceedings (Vol. 8090). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Deng, L., Chen, Q., & Zhang, Y. (2014). Developing EFL Learners’ Generic Competence in Professional Translation: A Genre-Based Approach. In Q. Chen & Y. Zhang (Eds.), Developing Chinese EFL Learners’ Generic Competence: A Genre-based & Process Genre Approach (pp. 51–101). 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 Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, June 12). Can Insects Feed A Hungry Planet? IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/can-insects-feed-hungry-planet/. Accessed 30 October 2018

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. (2007). Federal Disability Assistance: Stronger Federal Oversight Could Help Assure Multiple Programs’ Accountability (No. GAO-07-236). 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

Hoffmann, M. (2015). An exploratory study: Mobile device use for academics (Doctoral dissertation). Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA.

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

Koblin, J. (2017, May 31). NBC Rolls Back Promised ‘Must See TV’ Revival. New York Times, p. B4.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (van der Hilst 2004).
This sentence cites two references (van der Hilst 2004; Volz and Rauschenbeutel 2012).

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

Two authors: (Volz and Rauschenbeutel 2012)
Three or more authors: (Loveday et al. 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Abbreviation	J. Archaeol. Method Theory
ISSN (print)	1072-5369
ISSN (online)	1573-7764
Scope	Archaeology