How to format your references using the Journal of Interaction Science citation style

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

Powell, K. (2003). Inspiration from architecture: building a better scientific rapport. Nature, 424(6950), 858–859.

A journal article with 2 authors

MacCoss, M., & Baillie, T. A. (2004). Organic chemistry in drug discovery. Science (New York, N.Y.), 303(5665), 1810–1813.

A journal article with 3 authors

Katz, R. F., Spiegelman, M., & Holtzman, B. (2006). The dynamics of melt and shear localization in partially molten aggregates. Nature, 442(7103), 676–679.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Lee, J.-W., Kang, Y.-W., Lee, J., & Lee, Y.-W. (2009). Enrichment by supernovae in globular clusters with multiple populations. Nature, 462(7272), 480–482.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Williams, D. L. (2012). Ophthalmology of Exotic Pets. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Kroening, D. (2008). Decision Procedures: An Algorithmic Point of View. (O. Strichman, Ed.). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Mathis, K. (2012). Future Generations in John RawlsRawls, John ’ Theory of Justice. In K. Mathis (Ed.), Efficiency, Sustainability, and Justice to Future Generations (pp. 97–112). Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

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 Interaction Science.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, August 26). Psychologist Writes Book That He Claims Will Send Children To Sleep In Minutes. IFLScience. IFLScience. Retrieved October 30, 2018, from

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). Federal Chief Information Officer: Leadership Needed to Confront Serious Challenges and Emerging Issues (No. T-AIMD-00-316). 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

Garcia, M. J. (2009). Teacher knowledge of attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and effective classroom interventions (Doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, 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

Kaminer, A., & Southall, A. (2013, December 12). Baruch College Student Dies After Fraternity Ritual in Poconos. New York Times, p. A29.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1, 2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Interaction Science
Abbreviation	J. Interact. Sci.
ISSN (online)	2194-0827
Scope