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

Adams, Jill U. “Genetics: Big Hopes for Big Data.” Nature 527, no. 7578 (November 19, 2015): S108-9.

A journal article with 2 authors

Reinhoudt, D. N., and M. Crego-Calama. “Synthesis beyond the Molecule.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 295, no. 5564 (March 29, 2002): 2403–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

Fukuda, Hirokazu, Haruhiko Murase, and Isao T. Tokuda. “Controlling Circadian Rhythms by Dark-Pulse Perturbations in Arabidopsis Thaliana.” Scientific Reports 3 (2013): 1533.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Bernet, Martin L., Francesco Miniati, Simon J. Lilly, Philipp P. Kronberg, and Miroslava Dessauges-Zavadsky. “Strong Magnetic Fields in Normal Galaxies at High Redshift.” Nature 454, no. 7202 (July 17, 2008): 302–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Deutscher Beton- und Bautechnik-Ver. Beispiele Zur Bemessung Nach Eurocode 2. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2015.

An edited book

Dan, Asit, Frédéric Gittler, and Farouk Toumani, eds. Service-Oriented Computing. ICSOC/ServiceWave 2009 Workshops: International Workshops, ICSOC/ServiceWave 2009, Stockholm, Sweden, November 23-27, 2009, Revised Selected Papers. Vol. 6275. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

Tanas, Cristian, and Jordi Herrera-Joancomartí. “Crowdsensing Simulation Using Ns-3.” In Citizen in Sensor Networks: Second International Workshop, CitiSens 2013, Barcelona, Spain, September 19, 2013, Revised Selected Papers, edited by Jordi Nin and Daniel Villatoro, 47–58. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2014.

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. “Scientists Reveal How Our Circadian Clocks Are Reset.” IFLScience. IFLScience, September 15, 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-reveal-how-our-circadian-clocks-are-reset/.

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. “Explosives Detection Canines: TSA Has Enhanced Its Canine Program, but Opportunities May Exist to Reduce Costs.” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, March 3, 2016.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Moon, Molly Minjung. “The Needs of Korean-American and Korean Families of Children with Disabilities.” Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, 2009.

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

Greenhouse, Linda. “Every Justice Creates a New Court.” New York Times, May 27, 2009.

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