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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Management Information Systems (JMIS). 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

Sieradzki, K. Materials science. Potential solutions for creating responsive materials. Science (New York, N.Y.), 332, 6034 (June 2011), 1158–1159.

A journal article with 2 authors

Padhi, A. and Ma, L. Genetic and epidemiological insights into the emergence of peste des petits ruminants virus (PPRV) across Asia and Africa. Scientific reports, 4, (November 2014), 7040.

A journal article with 3 authors

Unal, E.; Heidinger-Pauli, J.M.; and Koshland, D. DNA double-strand breaks trigger genome-wide sister-chromatid cohesion through Eco1 (Ctf7). Science (New York, N.Y.), 317, 5835 (July 2007), 245–248.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Thompson, R.J.; Jackson, M.F.; Olah, M.E.; et al. Activation of pannexin-1 hemichannels augments aberrant bursting in the hippocampus. Science (New York, N.Y.), 322, 5907 (December 2008), 1555–1559.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Teodorescu, P.P.; Kecs, W.W.; and Toma, A. Distribution Theory. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2013.

An edited book

Tan, A.-G. and Perleth, C., eds. Creativity, Culture, and Development. Singapore: Springer, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Kerr, C.I.V.; Phaal, R.; and Probert, D.R. Roadmapping as a Responsive Mode to Government Policy: A Goal-Orientated Approach to Realising a Vision. In Moehrle, M.G.; Isenmann, R. and Phaal, R., eds., Technology Roadmapping for Strategy and Innovation: Charting the Route to Success. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2013, pp. 67–87.

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 Management Information Systems.

Blog post

Andrew, E. A Storm Knocked This Tree Over, And A Skeleton Was Found Hanging From The Roots. IFLScience, 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/medieval-skeleton-found-under-tree/.

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. Financial Problems in the Stafford Student Loan Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Garatli, A.A. What are the necessary skills for leading an online business in Saudi Arabia? 2014.

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

Hodgman, J. Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. New York Times, 2017, MM20.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [2].
This sentence cites two references [3,4].
This sentence cites four references [3,4,7,8].

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Management Information Systems
Abbreviation	J. Manag. Inf. Syst.
ISSN (print)	0742-1222
ISSN (online)	1557-928X
Scope	Management Information Systems Computer Science Applications Information Systems and Management Management Science and Operations Research