What does a Political Studies reference list entry look like?

A journal article formatted in Political Studies looks like this: Rivera, M. and Chen, D. (2021) ‘The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice’, Journal of Scholarly Communication, 12(3), 145–62.

How can I generate a Political Studies 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 Political Studies as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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Political Studies citation examples

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

Journal article: Rivera, M. and Chen, D. (2021) ‘The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice’, Journal of Scholarly Communication, 12(3), 145–62.
Book: Okafor, A. (2019) The craft of research writing, 2nd edition. Cambridge: University Press.
Website: Larsen, S. (2023, May 14) How peer review works [online]. Open Science Digest. Available from: https://www.example.org/peer-review [Accessed10 January 2024 ]
In-text citation (for the journal article): (Rivera and Chen, 2021)

About Political Studies

Citation style for Political Studies. From the Citation Style Language repository.

When to use Political Studies: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Political Studies style. Common in: International.

Subject areas: political science.

How to use this Political Studies 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 "Political Studies" 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 Political Studies

What is Political Studies?: Citation style for Political Studies. From the Citation Style Language repository.
When should I use Political Studies?: When submitting to or citing in publications that use the Political Studies style.
What does an in-text citation look like in Political Studies?: Political Studies 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 Political Studies reference list entry look like?: A journal article formatted in Political Studies looks like this: Rivera, M. and Chen, D. (2021) ‘The mapping of meaning: A study of citation practice’, Journal of Scholarly Communication, 12(3), 145–62.
How can I generate a Political Studies 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 Political Studies as the citation style and click Generate to get a formatted reference you can copy into your paper or bibliography.

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