How to format your references using the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies citation style

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

Austin, Jim. 2014. “What It Takes.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 344 (6190): 1422.

A journal article with 2 authors

De Tomaso, Anthony W., and Irving L. Weissman. 2004. “Evolution of a Protochordate Allorecognition Locus.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 303 (5660): 977.

A journal article with 3 authors

von Caemmerer, Susanne, W. Paul Quick, and Robert T. Furbank. 2012. “The Development of C₄rice: Current Progress and Future Challenges.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 336 (6089): 1671–1672.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Frearson, Julie A., Stephen Brand, Stuart P. McElroy, Laura A. T. Cleghorn, Ondrej Smid, Laste Stojanovski, Helen P. Price, et al. 2010. “N-Myristoyltransferase Inhibitors as New Leads to Treat Sleeping Sickness.” Nature 464 (7289): 728–732.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Varrall, Geoff. 2011. Making Telecoms Work. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Johannesson, Paul, Mong Li Lee, Stephen W. Liddle, Andreas L. Opdahl, and Óscar Pastor López, eds. 2015. Conceptual Modeling: 34th International Conference, ER 2015, Stockholm, Sweden, October 19-22, 2015, Proceedings. Vol. 9381. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Hendricks, Vincent F., and Pelle G. Hansen. 2016. “Informational Cascades and Lemmings.” In Infostorms: Why Do We “like”? Explaining Individual Behavior on the Social Net, edited by Pelle G. Hansen, 61–82. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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 Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Blog post

Andrew, Elise. 2014. “Giant Mysterious Jellyfish Washes Up On Tasmanian Shores.” IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/giant-mysterious-jellyfish-washes-tasmanian-shores/.

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. 2000. Title I Program: Stronger Accountability Needed for Performance of Disadvantaged Students. HEHS-00-89. 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

Rogers, Susan L. 2017. “Fear of Cancer and Theory of Planned Behavior as Predictors of Pap Screenings.” Doctoral dissertation, Scottsdale, AZ: Northcentral University.

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

CHARKES; Mary Jo, Juli, and Linda Saslow Contributed Reporting. 2009. “A Spring Surprise: Openings in Preschools.” New York Times, April 26.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Austin 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Austin 2014; De Tomaso and Weissman 2004).

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

Two authors: (De Tomaso and Weissman 2004)
Three authors: (von Caemmerer, Quick, and Furbank 2012)
4 or more authors: (Frearson et al. 2010)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
Abbreviation	J. Ethn. Migr. Stud.
ISSN (print)	1369-183X
ISSN (online)	1469-9451
Scope	Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Demography