How to format your references using the Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Iberian and Latin American 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	Download the output style file
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

Godfray, H. C. J., Jr. 2007. “Linnaeus in the Information Age.” Nature 446 (7133): 259–260.

A journal article with 2 authors

de Wit, Julien, and Sara Seager. 2013. “Constraining Exoplanet Mass from Transmission Spectroscopy.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 342 (6165): 1473–1477.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gu, Chen, Yuh Nung Jan, and Lily Yeh Jan. 2003. “A Conserved Domain in Axonal Targeting of Kv1 (Shaker) Voltage-Gated Potassium Channels.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 301 (5633): 646–649.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Matsuo, Yoshihide, Hiroshi Imagawa, Mugio Nishizawa, and Yoshikazu Shizuri. 2005. “Isolation of an Algal Morphogenesis Inducer from a Marine Bacterium.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 307 (5715): 1598.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hartfuß, Hans-Jürgen, and Thomas Geist. 2013. Fusion Plasma Diagnostics with Mm-Waves. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

Barbara, Bernard, Yosef Imry, G. Sawatzky, and P. C. E. Stamp, eds. 2008. Quantum Magnetism. NATO Science for Peace and Security Series, Series B: Physics and Biophysics. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Juarrero, Alicia. 2009. “Top-Down Causation and Autonomy in Complex Systems.” In Downward Causation and the Neurobiology of Free Will, edited by Nancey Murphy, George F. R. Ellis, and Timothy O’Connor, 83–102. Understanding Complex Systems. 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 Iberian and Latin American Studies.

Blog post

Hamilton, Kristy. 2016. “So You Want To Build A Death Star? Here’s How To Get Started.” IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/so-you-want-to-build-a-death-star-heres-how-to-get-started/.

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. Mass Transit: Review of the Tren Urbano Finance Plan. RCED-00-94R. 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

Yates, Sheri L. 2010. “Asian Indian Women with Gestational Diabetes Improving Care for Mothers and Babies ‘Dals, Dosas and Me.’” 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

Shpigel, Ben. 2017. “Commissioner Plays Down Back-and-Forth on Concussions in a Jets Forum.” New York Times, August 1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Godfray 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Godfray 2007; de Wit and Seager 2013).

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

Two authors: (de Wit and Seager 2013)
Three authors: (Gu, Jan, and Jan 2003)
4 or more authors: (Matsuo et al. 2005)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Iberian and Latin American Studies
ISSN (print)	1470-1847
ISSN (online)	1469-9524
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