How to format your references using the Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy. 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

Vinogradov, A.E., ‘Testing Genome Complexity’, Science (New York, N.Y.), 304, no. 5669 304, no. 5669 (16 April 2004), 389–90; author reply 389-90.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kneller, E.A., and P.E. van Keken, ‘Trench-Parallel Flow and Seismic Anisotropy in the Mariana and Andean Subduction Systems’, Nature, 450, no. 7173 450, no. 7173 (20 December 2007), 1222–1225.

A journal article with 3 authors

Semenov, V., S. Dyadechkin, and B. Punsly, ‘Simulations of Jets Driven by Black Hole Rotation’, Science (New York, N.Y.), 305, no. 5686 305, no. 5686 (13 August 2004), 978–980.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Caro, G., B. Bourdon, A.N. Halliday, and G. Quitté, ‘Super-Chondritic Sm/Nd Ratios in Mars, the Earth and the Moon’, Nature, 452, no. 7185 452, no. 7185 (20 March 2008), 336–339.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Thompson, A.K., Fruit and Vegetables (Chichester, UK, 2014).

An edited book

Miralles, M.P., and J. Sánchez Almeida, eds., The Sun, the Solar Wind, and the Heliosphere, vol. 4, vol. 4, IAGA Special Sopron Book Series (Dordrecht, 2011).

A chapter in an edited book

Gouw, A.M., A.L. Hsieh, Z.E. Stine, and C.V. Dang, ‘MYC Regulation of Metabolism and Cancer’, in ed. S. Mazurek and M. Shoshan, Tumor Cell Metabolism: Pathways, Regulation and Biology (Vienna, 2015), 101–122.

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 Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy.

Blog post

Andrews, R., ‘Scientists Reveal How Humanity Could Survive The End Of The World’, IFLScience, 9 May 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/space/two-astrophysicists-explain-how-humanity-could-survive-end-world/.

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, Commercial Space Transportation: Industry Trends, Government Challenges, and International Competitiveness Issues (Washington, DC, 20 June 2012).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Nelson, P.T., ‘Sound as a Gateway to a Personal Relationship with Nature’ (Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2008).

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

Cheever, S., ‘“Why Didn’t Rebecca Stop at the Railroad Crossing?”’, New York Times, 27 June 2014.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference A.E. Vinogradov, ‘Testing Genome Complexity’, Science (New York, N.Y.) 304, no. 5669 (16 April 2004), 389–90; author reply 389-90, doi:10.1126/science.304.5669.389b.
This sentence cites two references A.E. Vinogradov, ‘Testing Genome Complexity’, Science (New York, N.Y.) 304, no. 5669 (16 April 2004), 389–90; author reply 389-90, doi:10.1126/science.304.5669.389b; E.A. Kneller and P.E. van Keken, ‘Trench-Parallel Flow and Seismic Anisotropy in the Mariana and Andean Subduction Systems’, Nature 450, no. 7173 (20 December 2007), 1222–1225, doi:10.1038/nature06429.
This sentence cites four references A.E. Vinogradov, ‘Testing Genome Complexity’, Science (New York, N.Y.) 304, no. 5669 (16 April 2004), 389–90; author reply 389-90, doi:10.1126/science.304.5669.389b; E.A. Kneller and P.E. van Keken, ‘Trench-Parallel Flow and Seismic Anisotropy in the Mariana and Andean Subduction Systems’, Nature 450, no. 7173 (20 December 2007), 1222–1225, doi:10.1038/nature06429; V. Semenov, S. Dyadechkin, and B. Punsly, ‘Simulations of Jets Driven by Black Hole Rotation’, Science (New York, N.Y.) 305, no. 5686 (13 August 2004), 978–980; G. Caro et al., ‘Super-Chondritic Sm/Nd Ratios in Mars, the Earth and the Moon’, Nature 452, no. 7185 (20 March 2008), 336–339.

About the journal

Full journal title	Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy
ISSN (print)	0265-7651
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