How to format your references using the Journal of International Humanitarian Action citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of International Humanitarian Action. 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

Mims C (2010) Life in science: Generation X-change. Nature 467:S16-8

A journal article with 2 authors

Schultz DM, Yoon TP (2014) Solar synthesis: prospects in visible light photocatalysis. Science 343:1239176

A journal article with 3 authors

Wada-Katsumata A, Silverman J, Schal C (2013) Changes in taste neurons support the emergence of an adaptive behavior in cockroaches. Science 340:972–975

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Zhao W, Ye L, Zhang S, et al (2014) Ultrathin polyaniline-based buffer layer for highly efficient polymer solar cells with wide applicability. Sci Rep 4:6570

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Nemethy L (2011) Business Exit Planning. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Gabryś-Barker D, Wojtaszek A (eds) (2014) Studying Second Language Acquisition from a Qualitative Perspective. Springer International Publishing, Cham

A chapter in an edited book

Sanrattana W, Parkay FW, Wu M (2014) Student, Teacher, and Parental Perceptions of Elementary School Climate. In: Saleh IM, Khine MS (eds) Reframing Transformational Leadership: New School Culture and Effectiveness. SensePublishers, Rotterdam, pp 35–54

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 International Humanitarian Action.

Blog post

Hamilton K (2016) Smoking May Protect Against Parkinson’s Disease – But It’s More Likely To Kill You. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/smoking-may-protect-you-from-parkinsons-disease-but-its-more-likely-to-kill-you/. Accessed 30 Oct 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 (2002) Aviation Security: Transportation Security Administration Faces Immediate and Long-Term Challenges. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Reese SR (2012) Transitioning to the oboe: Methods and resources to assist in switching to the oboe from other woodwind instruments. Doctoral dissertation, 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

Vecsey G (2011) Armstrong Can’t Break Away From Doping Charges. New York Times B14

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Mims 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Mims 2010; Schultz and Yoon 2014).

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

Two authors: (Schultz and Yoon 2014)
Three or more authors: (Zhao et al. 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of International Humanitarian Action
Abbreviation	J. Int. Humanit. Action
ISSN (print)	2364-3412
ISSN (online)	2364-3404
Scope