How to format your references using the Rethinking History citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Rethinking History. 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

Nelson, Bryn. 2008. “Benefits Blues.” Nature 454 (7200): 132–133.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lumaret, R., and N. Ouazzani. 2001. “Plant Genetics. Ancient Wild Olives in Mediterranean Forests.” Nature 413 (6857): 700.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sánchez, Ivelisse, Christian Mahlke, and Junying Yuan. 2003. “Pivotal Role of Oligomerization in Expanded Polyglutamine Neurodegenerative Disorders.” Nature 421 (6921): 373–379.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Miller, Mark J., Sindy H. Wei, Ian Parker, and Michael D. Cahalan. 2002. “Two-Photon Imaging of Lymphocyte Motility and Antigen Response in Intact Lymph Node.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 296 (5574): 1869–1873.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Siebert, Geralt, and Iris Maniatis. 2012. Tragende Bauteile Aus Glas. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA.

An edited book

Marks, Jeffrey M., and Brian J. Dunkin, eds. 2013. Principles of Flexible Endoscopy for Surgeons. New York, NY: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Keupp, Marcus Matthias, and Ramon Schöb. 2015. “The Potential of Container Vessel Operation on the Northern Sea Route: Nautical, Regulatory, and Operative Issues.” In The Northern Sea Route: A Comprehensive Analysis, edited by Marcus Matthias Keupp, 53–68. Wiesbaden: Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden.

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 Rethinking History.

Blog post

Andrew, Elise. 2015. “New Calculation Suggests China’s Greenhouse Emissions Have Been Overestimated.” IFLScience, IFLScience, August 25.

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. 1997. Customs Modernization. AIMD-97-43R. 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

Strand, Karen. 2014. “Applying Public Relations Theory to Assess Service-Learning Relationships.” Doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida.

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

Dewan, Shaila, and John Schwartz. 2017. “Comparing Harvey With Katrina.” New York Times, August 28, 2017.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Nelson 2008).
This sentence cites two references (Nelson 2008; Lumaret and Ouazzani 2001).

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

Two authors: (Lumaret and Ouazzani 2001)
Three authors: (Sánchez, Mahlke, and Yuan 2003)
4 or more authors: (Miller et al. 2002)

About the journal

Full journal title	Rethinking History
Abbreviation	Rethink. Hist.
ISSN (print)	1364-2529
ISSN (online)	1470-1154
Scope	History