How to format your references using the World Politics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for World Politics. 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

Wade, Michael J. 2012. “Evolution. Constraints on Sexual Selection.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 338, no. 6108: 749–50.

A journal article with 2 authors

Nath, Deepa, and Sadaf Shadan. 2009. “The Ubiquitin System.” Nature 458, no. 7237: 421.

A journal article with 3 authors

Simiyu, Ken, Abdallah S. Daar, and Peter A. Singer. 2010. “Global Health. Stagnant Health Technologies in Africa.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 330, no. 6010: 1483–84.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Kiger, A. A., D. L. Jones, C. Schulz, M. B. Rogers, and M. T. Fuller. 2001. “Stem Cell Self-Renewal Specified by JAK-STAT Activation in Response to a Support Cell Cue.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 294, no. 5551: 2542–45.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Koch, Sandra N., Sheila M. F. Torres, and Donald C. Plumb. 2012. Canine and Feline Dermatology Drug Handbook. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd,.

An edited book

Whitehorn, Mark. 2005. Accessible Access 2003. Edited by Bill Marklyn London: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Auerbach, Scott D., Lin Yang, and Francis W. Luscinskas. 2007. “Endothelial ICAM-1 Functions in Adhesion and Signaling during Leukocyte Recruitment.” In Klaus Ley, ed. Adhesion Molecules: Function and Inhibition Progress in Inflammation Research Basel: Birkhäuser.

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 World Politics.

Blog post

Andrew, Elise. 2015. “Silverbacks And Greenbacks: The Catch-22 At The Heart Of Gorilla Conservation.” IFLScience IFLScience. At https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/silverbacks-and-greenbacks-catch-22-heart-gorilla-conservation/, accessed October 30, 2018.

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. 2016. “Information Technology Reform: Agencies Need to Increase Their Use of Incremental Development Practices.” GAO-16-469 Washington, DC: 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

Zamudio, Rocio. 2015. “From Community College to 4-Year Institutions: Latinas’ Successful Completion of STEM Baccalaureate Degrees.” Doctoral dissertation, Long Beach, CA: California State University, Long Beach.

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

Yee, Vivian. 2014. “Rumors Fly Among Hasidim About Abducted Man’s Death.” New York Times, January 7: A19.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	World Politics
Abbreviation	World Polit.
ISSN (print)	0043-8871
ISSN (online)	1086-3338
Scope	Sociology and Political Science Political Science and International Relations