How to format your references using the Forensic Anthropology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Forensic Anthropology. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Clark MK. Continental collision slowing due to viscous mantle lithosphere rather than topography. Nature 2012;483(7387):74–77.

A journal article with 2 authors

Narayan R, Quataert E. Black hole accretion. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2005;307(5706):77–80.

A journal article with 3 authors

Clauset A, Moore C, Newman MEJ. Hierarchical structure and the prediction of missing links in networks. Nature 2008;453(7191):98–101.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Tamura A, Ikeda G, Seo J-H, Tsuchiya K, Yajima H, Sasaki Y, et al. Molecular logistics using cytocleavable polyrotaxanes for the reactivation of enzymes delivered in living cells. Scientific reports 2013;3:2252.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kunz W. Species Conservation in Managed Habitats. Weinheim, Germany, Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2016.

An edited book

Freeden W, Nashed MZ, Sonar T, eds. Handbook of Geomathematics. Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

Nordlinger B. Surgery and Chemotherapy Combined for Colorectal Liver Metastases. In: Habib NA, In: Canelo R, ed. Liver and Pancreatic Diseases Management. Boston, MA, Springer US; 2006:29–30.

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 Forensic Anthropology.

Blog post

Andrew E. A Tale Of Two Epidemics: Media Reporting On Ebola. IFLScience; 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/tale-two-epidemics-media-reporting-ebola/. 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. Global Positioning System Augmentations. Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Mills J. Catherine of Siena: No Saint Is an Island [Doctoral dissertation]. Edwardsville, IL, Southern Illinois University; 2017.

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

Billard M. Analyzing the Markets. 2010.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Clark 2012).
This sentence cites two references (Narayan & Quataert 2005, Clark 2012).

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

Two authors: (Narayan & Quataert 2005)
Three or more authors: (Tamura et al. 2013)

About the journal

Full journal title	Forensic Anthropology
ISSN (print)	2573-5020
ISSN (online)	2573-5039
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