How to format your references using the South Asian History and Culture citation style

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

Fanelli, Daniele. “Redefine Misconduct as Distorted Reporting.” Nature 494, no. 7436 (February 14, 2013): 149.

A journal article with 2 authors

Desai, Sanjay A., and Louis H. Miller. “Malaria: Protein-Export Pathway Illuminated.” Nature 511, no. 7511 (July 31, 2014): 541–42.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kirk, P. D. W., A. C. Babtie, and M. P. H. Stumpf. “SYSTEMS BIOLOGY. Systems Biology (Un)Certainties.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 350, no. 6259 (October 23, 2015): 386–88.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Rosales-Guzmán, Carmelo, Nathaniel Hermosa, Aniceto Belmonte, and Juan P. Torres. “Experimental Detection of Transverse Particle Movement with Structured Light.” Scientific Reports 3 (October 2, 2013): 2815.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Heimann, Robert B., and Hans D. Lehmann. Bioceramic Coatings for Medical Implants. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, 2015.

An edited book

Nirenberg, Louis, ed. Pseudo-Differential Operators. Vol. 47. C.I.M.E. Summer Schools. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Bolotin-Fukuhara, M. “Genomics and Biodiversity in Yeasts.” In Biodiversity and Ecophysiology of Yeasts, edited by Gábor Péter and Carlos Rosa, 45–66. The Yeast Handbook. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2006.

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 South Asian History and Culture.

Blog post

Davis, Josh. “Britain’s Neolithic ‘Superhenge’ May Have Originally Been Built From Wood.” IFLScience. IFLScience, August 17, 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/britains-neolithic-superhenge-may-have-originally-been-built-from-wood/.

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. “District of Columbia Public Schools: Important Steps Taken to Continue Reform Efforts, But Enhanced Planning Could Improve Implementation and Sustainability.” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, June 26, 2009.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ware, Regina J. “Middle School Students’ Perceptions of Their Interests in Reading As Defined By Engagement and Social Interaction When Using Sustained Silent Reading, SSR, and Peer Interests Reading Strategies, PIRS.” Doctoral dissertation, Lindenwood University, 2012.

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

Greenhouse, Linda. “Court Hears Arguments on Burden of Proof in Age Suits.” New York Times, April 24, 2008.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	South Asian History and Culture
Abbreviation	South Asian Hist. Cult.
ISSN (print)	1947-2498
ISSN (online)	1947-2501
Scope	General Arts and Humanities Sociology and Political Science Cultural Studies