How to format your references using the The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought. 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

Loder, N. “Giant Tortoises Come Home.” Nature 404, no. 6777 (March 30, 2000): 426.

A journal article with 2 authors

Long, Patrick, and Gabriel Corfas. “Neuroscience. To Learn Is to Myelinate.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 346, no. 6207 (October 17, 2014): 298–99.

A journal article with 3 authors

Coaker, Gitta, Arnold Falick, and Brian Staskawicz. “Activation of a Phytopathogenic Bacterial Effector Protein by a Eukaryotic Cyclophilin.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 308, no. 5721 (April 22, 2005): 548–50.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Gurnett, D. A., P. Zarka, R. Manning, W. S. Kurth, G. B. Hospodarsky, T. F. Averkamp, M. L. Kaiser, and W. M. Farrell. “Non-Detection at Venus of High-Frequency Radio Signals Characteristic of Terrestrial Lightning.” Nature 409, no. 6818 (January 18, 2001): 313–15.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Meyer, Michael D. Transportation Planning Handbook. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.

An edited book

Wu, Peng. Lean and Cleaner Production: Applications in Prefabrication to Reduce Carbon Emissions. Edited by Sui Pheng Low. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Yamanaka, Norikazu, Qing-Chun Hou, and Sheng Du. “Vegetation of the Loess Plateau.” In Restoration and Development of the Degraded Loess Plateau, China, edited by Atsushi Tsunekawa, Guobin Liu, Norikazu Yamanaka, and Sheng Du, 49–60. Ecological Research Monographs. Tokyo: Springer Japan, 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 The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought.

Blog post

Andrew, Elise. “First ‘Super Moon’ Of The Year Will Be Visible July 12.” IFLScience. IFLScience, July 12, 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/space/first-“super-moon”-year-will-be-visible-july-12/.

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. “School Meal Programs: Revenue and Expense Information from Selected States.” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, May 9, 2003.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Teeter, Corinne Michelle. “Characterizing the Spatial Density Functions of Neural Arbors.” Doctoral dissertation, University of California San Diego, 2010.

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

Neuman, William. “President of Colombia Halts Peace Talks With Rebels After General Is Seized.” New York Times, November 18, 2014.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	The European Journal of the History of Economic Thought
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Hist. Econ. Thought
ISSN (print)	0967-2567
ISSN (online)	1469-5936
Scope	General Arts and Humanities History and Philosophy of Science Economics, Econometrics and Finance (miscellaneous)