How to format your references using the Research in Social Stratification and Mobility citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Research in Social Stratification and Mobility. 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

Neuzil, C. E. (2000). Osmotic generation of “anomalous” fluid pressures in geological environments. Nature, 403(6766), 182–184.

A journal article with 2 authors

von Storch, H., & Stehr, N. (2000). Climate change in perspective. Nature, 405(6787), 615.

A journal article with 3 authors

Gerstner, W., Sprekeler, H., & Deco, G. (2012). Theory and simulation in neuroscience. Science (New York, N.Y.), 338(6103), 60–65.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Dutzler, R., Campbell, E. B., Cadene, M., Chait, B. T., & MacKinnon, R. (2002). X-ray structure of a ClC chloride channel at 3.0 A reveals the molecular basis of anion selectivity. Nature, 415(6869), 287–294.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Bar-Eli, M., Plessner, H., & Raab, M. (2011). Judgement, Decision Making and Success in Sport. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Vasiliou, V., Zakhari, S., Seitz, H. K., & Hoek, J. B. (Eds.). (2015). Biological Basis of Alcohol-Induced Cancer (Vol. 815). Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Richter, M. M., & Weber, R. O. (2013). Application Examples. In R. O. Weber (Ed.), Case-Based Reasoning: A Textbook (pp. 53–84). 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 Research in Social Stratification and Mobility.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J. (2015, October 30). Stunning New Vista Of Pluto Reveals Features Hidden In Darkness. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/space/stunning-new-vista-pluto-reveals-features-hidden-darkness0/

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. (2011). Electronic Prescribing: CMS Should Address Inconsistencies in Its Two Incentive Programs That Encourage the Use of Health Information Technology (GAO-11-159). 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

Keith, A. (2017). Engagement and Temporary Teams: Considerations for Value Engineering Study Teams and Facilitators [Doctoral dissertation]. Pepperdine University.

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

Belson, K. (2012, November 1). Marathon Presses On as Backlash Builds. New York Times, B9.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Neuzil, 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Neuzil, 2000; von Storch & Stehr, 2000).

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

Two authors: (von Storch & Stehr, 2000)
Three authors: (Gerstner et al., 2012)
6 or more authors: (Dutzler et al., 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
Abbreviation	Res. Soc. Stratif. Mobil.
ISSN (print)	0276-5624
Scope	Social Sciences (miscellaneous)