What does a Social Forces reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Social Forces looks like this: Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. 2021. “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice.” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12 (3): 145–62. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.

How can I generate a Social Forces citation?

Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Social Forces as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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The same three sources formatted in Social Forces — an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author:

Journal article: Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. 2021. “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice.” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12 (3): 145–62. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
Book: Okafor, Amara. 2019. The Craft of Research Writing. 2nd ed. University Press.
Website: Larsen, Sofie. 2023. “How Peer Review Works.” Open Science Digest, May 14. https://www.example.org/peer-review.
In-text citation (for the journal article): (Rivera and Chen 2021)

About Social Forces

Citation style for Social Forces. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Social Forces: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Social Forces style. Common in: International.

Subject areas: sociology.

Formatting rules: Social Forces follows the formatting of Chicago author-date, the parent style it is based on.

How to use this Social Forces generator

Paste a DOI, a URL to a news article or webpage, or raw BibTeX into the box above. You can also search for a book by title or author and cite it by ISBN. Choose "Social Forces" in the style dropdown (it's pre-selected on this page), then click "Generate citation." Copy the result into your reference list or bibliography. You can edit the generated entry (e.g. fix a title or add a date) before copying.

Frequently asked questions about Social Forces

What is Social Forces?: Citation style for Social Forces. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Social Forces?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Social Forces style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Social Forces?: Social Forces is an author–date style: in-text citations name the author and year, and the reference list is alphabetized by author. Citing our sample journal article in the text looks like: (Rivera and Chen 2021)
What does a Social Forces reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Social Forces looks like this: Rivera, Maria, and David Chen. 2021. “The Mapping of Meaning: A Study of Citation Practice.” Journal of Scholarly Communication 12 (3): 145–62. https://doi.org/10.1000/jsc.2021.145.
How can I generate a Social Forces citation?: Use the free generator on this page: paste a DOI, URL (e.g. a news article), or BibTeX, or search for a book by title or author. Select Social Forces as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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