How to format your references using the Journal of Modern Jewish Studies citation style

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

Watson, A. “EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY: New Science Chief Must Juggle Missions and Politics.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 290, no. 5495 (November 17, 2000): 1287a–88.

A journal article with 2 authors

West, Peyton M., and Craig Packer. “Sexual Selection, Temperature, and the Lion’s Mane.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 297, no. 5585 (August 23, 2002): 1339–43.

A journal article with 3 authors

Mang, P. K., S. Larochelle, and M. Greven. “Condensed-Matter Physics: Spurious Magnetism in High-T(c) Superconductor.” Nature 426, no. 6963 (November 13, 2003): 139–40; discussion 140.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Li, Pei-Shan, I-Liang Lee, Wei-Lin Yu, Jui-Sheng Sun, Wann-Neng Jane, and Hsin-Hsin Shen. “A Novel Albumin-Based Tissue Scaffold for Autogenic Tissue Engineering Applications.” Scientific Reports 4 (July 18, 2014): 5600.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Flaus, Jean-Marie. Risk Analysis. Hoboken, NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2013.

An edited book

Steinhoff, Gustav, ed. Regenerative Medicine - from Protocol to Patient: 5. Regenerative Therapies II. 3rd ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Spaargaren, G., and C. S. A. Kris van Koppen. “Provider Strategies and the Greening of Consumption Practices: Exploring the Role of Companies in Sustainable Consumption.” In The New Middle Classes: Globalizing Lifestyles, Consumerism and Environmental Concern, edited by Lars Meier and Hellmuth Lange, 81–100. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2009.

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 Modern Jewish Studies.

Blog post

Andrew, Elise. “Watch This Robot Jump like a Frog.” IFLScience. IFLScience, July 10, 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/watch-robot-jump-frog/.

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. “Advanced Airborne Command Post Program.” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, September 25, 1973.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Diggs, Betty Jean. “African American Online Doctor of Management Students’ Perceptions of Dissertation Writing and Support: Narrative Inquiry.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Phoenix, 2017.

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

Schmidt, Michael S. “Trump Appealed to Comey to Halt Inquiry Into Aide.” New York Times, May 16, 2017.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Modern Jewish Studies
Abbreviation	J. Mod. Jew. Stud.
ISSN (print)	1472-5886
ISSN (online)	1472-5894
Scope	History Sociology and Political Science Cultural Studies Political Science and International Relations