How to format your references using the Journal of Social Archaeology citation style

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

Bosch X (2000) Spain in quandary over French synchrotron. Nature 405(6787): 604.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kahane G and Shackel N (2008) Do abnormal responses show utilitarian bias? Nature 452(7185): E5; author reply E5-6.

A journal article with 3 authors

Scholl JA, Koh AL and Dionne JA (2012) Quantum plasmon resonances of individual metallic nanoparticles. Nature 483(7390): 421–427.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Decaestecker E, Gaba S, Raeymaekers JAM, Stoks R, Van Kerckhoven L, Ebert D and De Meester L (2007) Host-parasite ‘Red Queen’ dynamics archived in pond sediment. Nature 450(7171): 870–873.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ramamoorti S, Morrison DE III, Koletar JW and Pope KR (2013) A.B.C.’s of Behavioral Forensics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Romano L, Fulciniti S and Silva M eds (2010) Anatomia TC multidetettore — Body. Milano: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Cartwright WE (2006) Exploring the Use of a Virtual Map Shop as an Interface for Accessing Geographical Information. In Stefanakis E Peterson MP Armenakis C and Delis V (eds) Geographic Hypermedia: Concepts and Systems Lecture Notes in Geoinformation and Cartography. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 73–95.

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 Social Archaeology.

Blog post

Andrew E (2014) IPCC Advises “Almost Entirely” Eliminating Unrestricted Use of Fossil Fuels By 2100. (consulted October 2018: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/ipcc-advises-almost-entirely-eliminating-unrestricted-use-fossil-fuels-2100/)

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 (1978) The Federal Information Processing Standards Program: Many Potential Benefits, Little Progress, and Many Problems. 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

Binney I (2014) Registered Nurses’ Perceptions of Work Engagement and Turnover Intentions in a Long-Term Care Facility: A Case Study. Doctoral dissertation. Scottsdale, AZ: Northcentral 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

Roach M (2013) The Marvels in Your Mouth. New York Timesp.: D1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Bosch, 2000).
This sentence cites two references (Bosch, 2000; Kahane and Shackel, 2008).

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

Two authors: (Kahane and Shackel, 2008)
Three or more authors: (Decaestecker et al., 2007)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Social Archaeology
Abbreviation	J. Soc. Archaeol.
ISSN (print)	1469-6053
ISSN (online)	1741-2951
Scope	Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous) Archaeology