How to format your references using the Inter-Asia Cultural Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Inter-Asia Cultural Studies. 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 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

Churchland, Patricia S. 2002. “Self-Representation in Nervous Systems.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 296 (5566): 308–310.

A journal article with 2 authors

Clapier, Cedric R., and Bradley R. Cairns. 2012. “Regulation of ISWI Involves Inhibitory Modules Antagonized by Nucleosomal Epitopes.” Nature 492 (7428): 280–284.

A journal article with 3 authors

Doniger, David D., Antonia V. Herzog, and Daniel A. Lashof. 2006. “Climate Change. An Ambitious, Centrist Approach to Global Warming Legislation.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 314 (5800): 764–765.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Fleischer, Jason W., Mordechai Segev, Nikolaos K. Efremidis, and Demetrios N. Christodoulides. 2003. “Observation of Two-Dimensional Discrete Solitons in Optically Induced Nonlinear Photonic Lattices.” Nature 422 (6928): 147–150.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Garduno Barrera, David, and Michel Diaz. 2011. Communicating Systems with UML 2. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Öchsner, Andreas, and Ali Shokuhfar, eds. 2013. New Frontiers of Nanoparticles and Nanocomposite Materials: Novel Principles and Techniques. Vol. 4. Advanced Structured Materials. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Johnston, Michelle, Dawn Bennett, Bonita Mason, and Chris Thomson. 2016. “Finding Common Ground: Combining Participatory Action Research and Critical Service-Learning to Guide and Manage Projects with Aboriginal Communities.” In Engaging First Peoples in Arts-Based Service Learning: Towards Respectful and Mutually Beneficial Educational Practices, edited by Brydie-Leigh Bartleet, Dawn Bennett, Anne Power, and Naomi Sunderland, 51–70. Landscapes: The Arts, Aesthetics, and Education. Cham: Springer International Publishing.

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 Inter-Asia Cultural Studies.

Blog post

Fang, Janet. 2016. “Scientists Have Discovered Why Carrots Are Orange.” IFLScience, IFLScience, May 12. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/carrot-genome-may-explain-how-vegetable-got-its-orange-hue/.

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. 2015. Medicaid Information Technology: CMS Supports Use of Program Integrity Systems but Should Require States to Determine Effectiveness. GAO-15-207. 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

Adler, Abby Danielle. 2012. “Change in Automatic and Strategic Cognition: An Examination of Cognitive Therapy for Depression.” Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State 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

Billard, Mary. 2010. “A Retail Internship.” New York Times, July 15, 2010.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Churchland 2002).
This sentence cites two references (Churchland 2002; Clapier and Cairns 2012).

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

Two authors: (Clapier and Cairns 2012)
Three authors: (Doniger, Herzog, and Lashof 2006)
4 or more authors: (Fleischer et al. 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Inter-Asia Cultural Studies
ISSN (print)	1464-9373
ISSN (online)	1469-8447
Scope	Cultural Studies