How to format your references using the Journal of Decision Systems citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Decision Systems. 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

Eyler, E. E. (2011). Physics. Precision, not power. Science (New York, N.Y.), 333(6039), 164–165.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wallenfang, M. R., & Seydoux, G. (2000). Polarization of the anterior-posterior axis of C. elegans is a microtubule-directed process. Nature, 408(6808), 89–92.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lee, K., Zhang, Y., & Lee, S. E. (2008). Saccharomyces cerevisiae ATM orthologue suppresses break-induced chromosome translocations. Nature, 454(7203), 543–546.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Hoffmeister, K. M., Josefsson, E. C., Isaac, N. A., Clausen, H., Hartwig, J. H., & Stossel, T. P. (2003). Glycosylation restores survival of chilled blood platelets. Science (New York, N.Y.), 301(5639), 1531–1534.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Anderson, D. (2007). TKO Management! John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Eckermann, E. (Ed.). (2014). Gender, Lifespan and Quality of Life: An International Perspective (Vol. 53). Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Figueiredo, B. R., Litter, M. I., Silva, C. R., Mañay, N., Londono, S. C., Rojas, A. M., Garzón, C., Tosiani, T., Di Giulio, G. M., De Capitani, E. M., Dos Anjos, J. Â. S. A., Angélica, R. S., Morita, M. C., Paoliello, M. M. B., Cunha, F. G., Sakuma, A. M., & Licht, O. A. (2010). Medical Geology Studies in South America. In O. Selinus, R. B. Finkelman, & J. A. Centeno (Eds.), Medical Geology: A Regional Synthesis (pp. 79–106). Springer Netherlands.

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 Decision Systems.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, August 3). GM Food Labels Do Not Act As A Warning To Consumers. IFLScience. IFLScience.

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. (1992). Federal Research: Small Business Innovation Research Program Shows Success but Can Be Strengthened (T-RCED-92-45). 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

Mullin Piette, A. J. (2010). Dialogic encounters among health care providers in pediatric critical care: A qualitative, collective case study [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Phoenix.

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

Williams, J. (2016, December 29). What You’ll Be Reading in 2017. New York Times, BR4.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Eyler, 2011).
This sentence cites two references (Eyler, 2011; Wallenfang & Seydoux, 2000).

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

Two authors: (Wallenfang & Seydoux, 2000)
Three or more authors: (Hoffmeister et al., 2003)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Decision Systems
Abbreviation	J. Decis. Syst.
ISSN (print)	1246-0125
ISSN (online)	2116-7052
Scope	Management Information Systems Software