How to format your references using the The Journal of Hellenic Studies citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Hellenic Studies. 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
White, T.W. (2002) ‘Unique and redundant connexin contributions to lens development’, Science 295, 319–20
A journal article with 2 authors
Krüger, F. and Ohrnberger, M. (2005) ‘Tracking the rupture of the Mw = 9.3 Sumatra earthquake over 1,150 km at teleseismic distance’, Nature 435, 937–39
A journal article with 3 authors
Zou, H., Zindler, A. and Niu, Y. (2002) ‘Constraints on melt movement beneath the East Pacific Rise from 230Th-238U disequilibrium’, Science 295, 107–10
A journal article with 8 or more authors
Bjørnstad, O.N., Sait, S.M., Stenseth, N.C., Thompson, D.J. and Begon, M. (2001) ‘The impact of specialized enemies on the dimensionality of host dynamics’, Nature 409, 1001–6

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
Huang, H.K. (2005) PACS and Imaging Informatics (Hoboken, NJ)
An edited book
Fischer, X. (2011) Research in Interactive Design Vol. 3: Virtual, Interactive and Integrated Product Design and Manufacturing for Industrial InnovationNadeau, J.-P. (ed.) (Paris)
A chapter in an edited book
Vinocur, D.N. and Medina, L.S. (2010) ‘Imaging in the Evaluation of Children with Suspected Craniosynostosis’, in L.S. Medina, K.E. Applegate and C.C. Blackmore (eds), Evidence-Based Imaging in Pediatrics: Optimizing Imaging in Pediatric Patient Care (New York, NY) 43–52

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 Journal of Hellenic Studies.

Blog post
Evans, K. (2017) ‘Scientists Have Invented A Smartphone-Screen Material Designed To Repair Its Own Scratches’ [Online] Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-have-invented-a-smartphonescreen-material-designed-to-repair-its-own-scratches/ [Accessed: 30 October 2018]

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 (1988) ADP Modernization: FCC’s Automation Planning Is Inadequate (Washington, DC)

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
Sumner, I. (2010) ‘Quantum wavepacket ab initio molecular dynamics: Simulating quantum nuclear effects in complex systems’, 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
Kelly, M. (1992) ‘THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: The Democrats; Clinton Defends Position on Iraqi War’, New York Times A13

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal titleThe Journal of Hellenic Studies
AbbreviationJ. Hell. Stud.
ISSN (print)0075-4269
ISSN (online)2041-4099
ScopeLanguage and Linguistics
Archaeology
Classics
Literature and Literary Theory
Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Linguistics and Language

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