How to format your references using the Organization Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Organization 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

O’Neill, L. A. (2011). Retrospective. Jürg Tschopp (1951-2011). Science (New York, N.Y.), 332, 679.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lamb, S., & Davis, P. (2003). Cenozoic climate change as a possible cause for the rise of the Andes. Nature, 425, 792–797.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lin, X., Fauqué, B., & Behnia, K. (2015). SOLID-STATE PHYSICS. Scalable T² resistivity in a small single-component Fermi surface. Science (New York, N.Y.), 349, 945–948.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Molinari, M., Calanca, V., Galli, C., Lucca, P., & Paganetti, P. (2003). Role of EDEM in the release of misfolded glycoproteins from the calnexin cycle. Science (New York, N.Y.), 299, 1397–1400.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bilisoly, R. (2008). Practical Text Mining with Perl. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Luo, L. (Ed.). (2013). Heat and Mass Transfer Intensification and Shape Optimization: A Multi-scale Approach. London: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Järvinen, J., Huomo, T., Mikkonen, T., & Tyrväinen, P. (2014). From Agile Software Development to Mercury Business. In C. Lassenius & K. Smolander (Eds.), Software Business. Towards Continuous Value Delivery: 5th International Conference, ICSOB 2014, Paphos, Cyprus, June 16-18, 2014. Proceedings (pp. 58–71). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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 Organization Studies.

Blog post

Taub, B. (2015, November 4). Sleepwalkers Who Injure Themselves Don’t Feel Pain Until They Wake Up.

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. (1995). Highway Safety: Reliability and Validity of DOT Crash Tests (No. PEMD-95-5). 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

Lai, J.-P. (2008). Phosphatase and Tensin Homolog Deleted on Chromosome Ten (PTEN) As A Molecular Target in Lung Epithelial Wound Repair and Protection (Doctoral dissertation). Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

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

Kelly, R. E. (2017, May 9). An agenda for South Korea’s new leader. New York Times, p. 0.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (O’Neill, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Lamb & Davis, 2003; O’Neill, 2011).

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

Two authors: (Lamb & Davis, 2003)
Three authors: (Lin, Fauqué, & Behnia, 2015)
6 or more authors: (Molinari, Calanca, Galli, Lucca, & Paganetti, 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Organization Studies
ISSN (print)	0170-8406
ISSN (online)	1741-3044
Scope	Management of Technology and Innovation Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management Strategy and Management

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