How to format your references using the Suma de Negocios citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Suma de Negocios. 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:

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteFind the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most reference managers.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
Lammert, E. (2008). Developmental biology. Brain Wnts for blood vessels. Science (New York, N.Y.), 322(5905), 1195–1196.
A journal article with 2 authors
Fyodorov, D. V., & Kadonaga, J. T. (2002). Dynamics of ATP-dependent chromatin assembly by ACF. Nature, 418(6900), 897–900.
A journal article with 3 authors
Skipper, M., Dhand, R., & Campbell, P. (2012). Presenting ENCODE. Nature, 489(7414), 45.
A journal article with 21 or more authors
Volkov, I., Banavar, J. R., Maritan, A., & Hubbell, S. P. (2004). Neutral theory: the stability of forest biodiversity. Nature, 427(6976), 696; discussion 696-7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Bech, S., & Zacharov, N. (2006). Perceptual Audio Evaluation-Theory, Method and Application. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
An edited book
Abdul-Wahab, S. A. (Ed.). (2011). Sick Building Syndrome: in Public Buildings and Workplaces. Springer.
A chapter in an edited book
Lapin, M., Damborská, I., Faško, P., Gaál, L., & Melo, M. (2009). Some Facts on Extreme Weather Events Analysis in Slovakia. In K. Střelcová, C. Mátyás, A. Kleidon, M. Lapin, F. Matejka, M. Blaženec, J. Škvarenina, & J. Holécy (Eds.), Bioclimatology and Natural Hazards (pp. 39–53). Springer Netherlands.

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 Suma de Negocios.

Blog post
Andrew, E. (2014, August 28). Panda Fakes Pregnancy To Get More Food. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/panda-fakes-pregnancy-get-more-food/

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. (1994). Limited English Proficiency: A Growing and Costly Educational Challenge Facing Many School Districts (HEHS-94-38). 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
Austin, J. H. (2015). Performing the past: Two pageant traditions in Nauvoo, Illinois [Doctoral dissertation]. Indiana 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
Wagner, J. (2017, August 17). Gregorius and Judge Deliver Major Blows as Yanks Top Mets Again. New York Times, B12.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Lammert, 2008).
This sentence cites two references (Fyodorov & Kadonaga, 2002; Lammert, 2008).

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

  • Two authors: (Fyodorov & Kadonaga, 2002)
  • Three or more authors: (Volkov et al., 2004)

About the journal

Full journal titleSuma de Negocios
ISSN (print)2215-910X
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