How to format your references using the Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory. 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

Lewenstein, M. (2002). Physics. Resolving physical processes on the attosecond time scale. Science (New York, N.Y.), 297(5584), 1131–1132.

A journal article with 2 authors

Bourne, H. R., & Weiner, O. (2002). A chemical compass. Nature, 419(6902), 21.

A journal article with 3 authors

Baran, P. S., Maimone, T. J., & Richter, J. M. (2007). Total synthesis of marine natural products without using protecting groups. Nature, 446(7134), 404–408.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Carlsson, F., Stålhammar-Carlemalm, M., Flärdh, K., Sandin, C., Carlemalm, E., & Lindahl, G. (2006). Signal sequence directs localized secretion of bacterial surface proteins. Nature, 442(7105), 943–946.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Banks, R. E., Sharp, J. M., Doss, S. D., & Vanderford, D. A. (2016). Exotic Small Mammal Care and Husbandry. Ames, Iowa, USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Brauch, H. G., Spring, Ú. O., Mesjasz, C., Grin, J., Dunay, P., Behera, N. C., et al. (Eds.). (2008). Globalization and Environmental Challenges: Reconceptualizing Security in the 21st Century (Vol. 3). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Bruno, R., & Carbone, V. (2016). Compressive Turbulence. In V. Carbone (Ed.), Turbulence in the Solar Wind (pp. 153–167). 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 Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory.

Blog post

O`Callaghan, J. (2015, July 20). “Perfect Lens” Breakthrough Could Turn Your Smartphone Into An Ultra-Powerful Microscope. IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed 30 October 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. (2002). Space Surveillance Network: Appropriate Controls Needed Over Data Access (No. GAO-02-402RNI). 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

Manalo, J. B. (2017). Ascend Physical Therapy: A Private Practice Clinic for the Next Level (Doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.

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

Lee, L. (2011, November 24). 10 Young Upstarts Strut Their Stuff in Miami. New York Times, p. D3.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Lewenstein 2002).
This sentence cites two references (Bourne and Weiner 2002; Lewenstein 2002).

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

Two authors: (Bourne and Weiner 2002)
Three or more authors: (Carlsson et al. 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
Abbreviation	J. Archaeol. Method Theory
ISSN (print)	1072-5369
ISSN (online)	1573-7764
Scope	Archaeology