How to format your references using the Studies in History and Philosophy of Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. 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

Zhang, C.-T. (2013). A novel triangle mapping technique to study the h-index based citation distribution. Scientific Reports, 3, 1023.

A journal article with 2 authors

Heinze, S., & Homberg, U. (2007). Maplike representation of celestial E-vector orientations in the brain of an insect. Science (New York, N.Y.), 315(5814), 995–997.

A journal article with 3 authors

Keimer, B., Sackmann, E., & Withers, P. J. (2002). Neutron scattering. The case for neutron sources. Science (New York, N.Y.), 298(5593), 543.

A journal article with 21 or more authors

Deleris, A., Gallego-Bartolome, J., Bao, J., Kasschau, K. D., Carrington, J. C., & Voinnet, O. (2006). Hierarchical action and inhibition of plant Dicer-like proteins in antiviral defense. Science (New York, N.Y.), 313(5783), 68–71.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Center for Chemical Process Safety. (2008). Guidelines for Chemical Transportation Safety, Security, and Risk Management. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Vasudevan, A. (2014). Trustworthy Execution on Mobile Devices (J. M. McCune & J. Newsome, Eds.). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Chen, H., Chen, G., Cai, L., & Yang, Y. (2016). Research of Large-Scale and Complex Agricultural Data Classification Algorithms Based on the Spatial Variability. In D. Li & Z. Li (Eds.), Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture IX: 9th IFIP WG 5.14 International Conference, CCTA 2015, Beijing, China, September 27-30, 2015, Revised Selected Papers, Part I (pp. 45–52). Springer International Publishing.

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 Studies in History and Philosophy of Science.

Blog post

Andrew, D. (2016, August 5). The 41 Most Nutritious Foods On Earth. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/the-41-most-nutritious-foods-on-earth/

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. (2001). Air Traffic Control: Role of FAA’s Modernization Program in Reducing Delays and Congestion (GAO-01-725T). 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

Paik, Y. (2012). Redefining multidisciplinary teams: An institutional approach [Doctoral dissertation]. University of Maryland, College Park.

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

St. John Kelly, E. (1998, May 10). Circular Makes the Rounds and Residents Complain. New York Times, 148.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Zhang, 2013).
This sentence cites two references (Heinze & Homberg, 2007; Zhang, 2013).

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

Two authors: (Heinze & Homberg, 2007)
Three or more authors: (Deleris et al., 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	Studies in History and Philosophy of Science
Abbreviation	Stud. Hist. Philos. Sci.
ISSN (print)	0039-3681
Scope	General Medicine History History and Philosophy of Science General Physics and Astronomy