How to format your references using the Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
Lawler, A. (2000). ASIAN-AMERICAN SCIENTISTS: Lee Case Births a Reluctant Activist. Science (New York, N.Y.), 290(5494), 1073.
A journal article with 2 authors
Darios, F., & Davletov, B. (2006). Omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids stimulate cell membrane expansion by acting on syntaxin 3. Nature, 440(7085), 813–817.
A journal article with 3 authors
Ho, V. M., Lee, J.-A., & Martin, K. C. (2011). The cell biology of synaptic plasticity. Science (New York, N.Y.), 334(6056), 623–628.
A journal article with 21 or more authors
Zhang, Q., Sun, X., Watt, E. D., & Al-Hashimi, H. M. (2006). Resolving the motional modes that code for RNA adaptation. Science (New York, N.Y.), 311(5761), 653–656.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Jacobsson, M., Niemegeers, I., & Heemstra de Groot, S. (2010). Personal Networks. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An edited book
Anderson, L. J., & Graham, B. S. (Eds.). (2013). Challenges and Opportunities for Respiratory Syncytial Virus Vaccines (Vol. 372). Springer.
A chapter in an edited book
Masuta, N., Yagihashi, M., Narita, H., & Fujimoto, H. (2010). A Non-invasive Method to Measure Joint Range of Motion for Hip Joints. In K. Shirase & S. Aoyagi (Eds.), Service Robotics and Mechatronics: Selected Papers of the International Conference on Machine Automation ICMA2008 (pp. 27–32). 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 Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism.

Blog post
Andrew, E. (2014, December 2). DNA Analysis Confirms King Richard III’s Remains And Reveals Possible Infidelity In The Royal Family. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/dna-analysis-confirms-king-richard-iii-s-remains/

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. (2007). Transportation Disadvantaged: Progress in Implementing the New Freedom Program Has Been Limited, and Better Monitoring Procedures Would Help Ensure Program Funds Are Used as Intended (GAO-07-999R). 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
Yamada, T. (2008). Comparison of cognitively diagnostic adaptive testing algorithms [Doctoral dissertation]. Columbia 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
Vecsey, G. (2011, September 12). Summoning Another Storm. New York Times, D8.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Lawler, 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Darios & Davletov, 2006; Lawler, 2000).

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

  • Two authors: (Darios & Davletov, 2006)
  • Three or more authors: (Zhang et al., 2006)

About the journal

Full journal titleScandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism
AbbreviationScand. J. Hosp. Tourism
ISSN (print)1502-2250
ISSN (online)1502-2269
ScopeTourism, Leisure and Hospitality Management

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