How to format your references using the The International Journal of the History of Sport citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The International Journal of the History of Sport. 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

Cane, David E. “Biochemistry: Favouring the Unfavoured.” Nature 483, no. 7389 (March 14, 2012): 285–86.

A journal article with 2 authors

Fry, Christopher J., and Craig L. Peterson. “Transcription. Unlocking the Gates to Gene Expression.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 295, no. 5561 (March 8, 2002): 1847–48.

A journal article with 3 authors

Rai, Vinai K., Teresa L. Jackson, and Mark H. Thiemens. “Photochemical Mass-Independent Sulfur Isotopes in Achondritic Meteorites.” Science (New York, N.Y.) 309, no. 5737 (August 12, 2005): 1062–65.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Cooke, Jeff, Mark Sullivan, Elizabeth J. Barton, James S. Bullock, Ray G. Carlberg, Avishay Gal-Yam, and Erik Tollerud. “Type IIn Supernovae at Redshift z Approximately 2 from Archival Data.” Nature 460, no. 7252 (July 9, 2009): 237–39.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Soprano, Aldo. Liquidity Management. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2015.

An edited book

Roermund, Arthur van. Smart AD and DA Conversion. Edited by Hans Hegt and Pieter Harpe. Vol. 0. Analog Circuits and Signal Processing. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

Kendoul, Farid. “Towards a Unified Framework for UAS Autonomy and Technology Readiness Assessment (ATRA).” In Autonomous Control Systems and Vehicles: Intelligent Unmanned Systems, edited by Kenzo Nonami, Muljowidodo Kartidjo, Kwang-Joon Yoon, and Agus Budiyono, 55–71. Intelligent Systems, Control and Automation: Science and Engineering. Tokyo: Springer Japan, 2013.

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 The International Journal of the History of Sport.

Blog post

Andrew, Elise. “Planet Earth Now Has A Flag.” IFLScience. IFLScience, May 23, 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/space/planet-earth-now-has-flag/.

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. “Internet of Things: Communities Deploy Projects by Combining Federal Support with Other Funds and Expertise.” Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, July 26, 2017.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Nersisyan, Hayarpi A. “Armenian American Student Perceptions of Campus Climate: Examining the Conditions That Support or Inhibit Their College Experience.” Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach, 2017.

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. “Crushed by Promises.” New York Times, June 26, 2012.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	The International Journal of the History of Sport
Abbreviation	Int. J. Hist. Sport
ISSN (print)	0952-3367
ISSN (online)	1743-9035
Scope	History Social Sciences (miscellaneous)