How to format your references using the Social Dynamics citation style

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

Ferlaino, Francesca. 2014. “Molecular Physics: Complexity Trapped by Simplicity.” Nature 512 (7514): 261–262.

A journal article with 2 authors

Park, S. H., and A. Bendelac. 2000. “CD1-Restricted T-Cell Responses and Microbial Infection.” Nature 406 (6797): 788–792.

A journal article with 3 authors

Yudkovsky, N., J. A. Ranish, and S. Hahn. 2000. “A Transcription Reinitiation Intermediate That Is Stabilized by Activator.” Nature 408 (6809): 225–229.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Wertz, Ingrid E., Karen M. O’Rourke, Zemin Zhang, David Dornan, David Arnott, Raymond J. Deshaies, and Vishva M. Dixit. 2004. “Human De-Etiolated-1 Regulates c-Jun by Assembling a CUL4A Ubiquitin Ligase.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 303 (5662): 1371–1374.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kulkarni, Sanjeev, and Gilbert Harman. 2011. An Elementary Introduction to Statistical Learning Theory: Kulkarni/Statistical Learning Theory. Wiley Series in Probability and Statistics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Groschner, Klaus, Wolfgang F. Graier, and Christoph Romanin, eds. 2012. Store-Operated Ca2+ Entry (SOCE) Pathways: Emerging Signaling Concepts in Human (Patho)Physiology. Vienna: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Williams, Riley J., III, and Robert H. Brophy. 2007. “Decision Making in Cartilage Repair Procedures.” In Cartilage Repair Strategies, edited by Riley J. Williams, 37–53. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press.

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 Social Dynamics.

Blog post

Hamilton, Kristy. 2016. “Facebook’s Algorithms Give It More Editorial Responsibility – Not Less.” IFLScience, IFLScience, September 15.

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. 2013. Spectrum Management: Further Consideration of Options to Improve Receiver Performance Needed. GAO-13-265. 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

Christian, Thomas M. 2012. “Under the Navajo Stars: The Intersection of Mythic Narratives, Archaeology, and Star Ceilings.” Doctoral dissertation, Pacifica Graduate Institute.

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

Walsh, Mary Williams. 2011. “A County In Alabama Puts Off Bankruptcy.” New York Times, August 13, 2011.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Ferlaino 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Ferlaino 2014; Park and Bendelac 2000).

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

Two authors: (Park and Bendelac 2000)
Three authors: (Yudkovsky, Ranish, and Hahn 2000)
4 or more authors: (Wertz et al. 2004)

About the journal

Full journal title	Social Dynamics
Abbreviation	Soc. Dyn.
ISSN (print)	0253-3952
ISSN (online)	1940-7874
Scope	Social Sciences (miscellaneous)