How to format your references using the The Journal of Modern History citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Modern History (JMH). 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

Bohannon, John. “The Gonzo Scientist. Flunking Spore.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 322, no. 5901 (October 24, 2008): 531.

A journal article with 2 authors

Géléoc, Gwenaëlle S. G., and Jeffrey R. Holt. “Sound Strategies for Hearing Restoration.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 344, no. 6184 (May 9, 2014): 1241062.

A journal article with 3 authors

Grenfell, B. T., O. N. Bjørnstad, and J. Kappey. “Travelling Waves and Spatial Hierarchies in Measles Epidemics.” Nature 414, no. 6865 (December 13, 2001): 716–23.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Gregg, Patricia M., Jian Lin, Mark D. Behn, and Laurent G. J. Montési. “Spreading Rate Dependence of Gravity Anomalies along Oceanic Transform Faults.” Nature 448, no. 7150 (July 12, 2007): 183–87.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Noldus, Rogier. CAMEL. Chichester, UK, 2006.

An edited book

Clark-Wilson, Alison, Ornella Robutti, and Nathalie Sinclair, eds. The Mathematics Teacher in the Digital Era: An International Perspective on Technology Focused Professional Development. Vol. 2. Mathematics Education in the Digital Era. Dordrecht, 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Momaya, Kirankumar S., and S. Chachondia. “Technology Management to Accelerate Competitiveness Journey: Exploratory Case of a Renewable Energy Focal Firm from India.” In Driving the Economy through Innovation and Entrepreneurship: Emerging Agenda for Technology Management, edited by Chiranjit Mukhopadhyay, K. B. Akhilesh, R. Srinivasan, Anjula Gurtoo, Parthasarathy Ramachandran, Parameshwar P. Iyer, M. Mathirajan, and M. H. Bala Subrahmanya, 51–61. New Delhi, 2013.

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 Journal of Modern History.

Blog post

Andrew, Danielle. “Channel-Hopping Moth Plague: Our Clothes Are Safe, But Mind The Cabbages.” IFLScience. June 18, 2016.

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. “Air Traffic Control: Continued Improvements Needed in FAA’s Management of the NAS Plan.” Washington, DC, November 10, 1988.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Yahil, Ron Jonathan. “The Role of Interleukin-19 in Interleukin-10 Production by Regulatory Macrophages.” Doctoral dissertation, University of Maryland, College Park, 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

Isherwood, Charles. “A Puppet Musical Is Silly but Serious.” New York Times, January 16, 2017.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	The Journal of Modern History
Abbreviation	J. Mod. Hist.
ISSN (print)	0022-2801
ISSN (online)	1537-5358
Scope	History