How to format your references using the Journal of Management in Engineering citation style

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

Michel-Kerjan, E. 2015. “We must build resilience into our communities.” Nature, 524 (7566): 389.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wennberg, P. O., and D. Dabdub. 2008. “Atmospheric chemistry. Rethinking ozone production.” Science, 319 (5870): 1624–1625.

A journal article with 3 authors

Møller, P. R., J. G. Nielsen, and I. Fossen. 2003. “Fish migration: Patagonian toothfish found off Greenland.” Nature, 421 (6923): 599.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Lee, S. J., Y. Matsuura, S. M. Liu, and M. Stewart. 2005. “Structural basis for nuclear import complex dissociation by RanGTP.” Nature, 435 (7042): 693–696.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Lynn, P. A. 2010. Electricity from Sunlight. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Fayad, M., and B. R. Johnson (Eds.). 2016. 3D Imaging in Endodontics: A New Era in Diagnosis and Treatment. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Pistrosch, F., and M. Hanefeld. 2013. “The Metabolic Syndrome and Cancer.” The Metabolic Syndrome: Pharmacology and Clinical Aspects, H. Beck-Nielsen, ed., 55–61. Vienna: 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 Management in Engineering.

Blog post

Andrew, D. 2017. “Five Things Nurses Are Really Good At – And Sometimes Better Than Doctors.” IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed October 30, 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. 1994. Airport Competition: Essential Air Service Slots at O’Hare International Airport. 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

McClinton, B. E. 2010. “Preparing for the third age: A retirement planning course outline for lifelong learning programs.” 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

Hartocollis, A. 2014. “And Surrogacy Makes 3.” New York Times, February 19, 2014.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Michel-Kerjan 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Michel-Kerjan 2015; Wennberg and Dabdub 2008).

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

Two authors: (Wennberg and Dabdub 2008)
Three or more authors: (Lee et al. 2005)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Management in Engineering
Abbreviation	J. Manage. Eng.
ISSN (print)	0742-597X
ISSN (online)	1943-5479
Scope	Strategy and Management Industrial relations Management Science and Operations Research General Engineering