How to format your references using the Acta Neuropathologica Communications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles 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

1. Yang H. China must continue the momentum of green law. Nature. 2014;509:535.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Hamanaka RB, Chandel NS. Cell biology. Warburg effect and redox balance. Science. 2011;334:1219–20.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Dloniak SM, French JA, Holekamp KE. Rank-related maternal effects of androgens on behaviour in wild spotted hyaenas. Nature. 2006;440:1190–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Watson TF, Philips SGJ, Kawakami E, Ward DR, Scarlino P, Veldhorst M, et al. A programmable two-qubit quantum processor in silicon. Nature. 2018;555:633–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Hollin CR. The Psychology of Interpersonal Violence. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2016.

An edited book

1. Hildebrandt M, Gaakeer J, editors. Human Law and Computer Law: Comparative Perspectives. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Prescher D, Bornschein J, Weber G. Production of Accessible Tactile Graphics. In: Miesenberger K, Fels D, Archambault D, Peňáz P, Zagler W, editors. Computers Helping People with Special Needs: 14th International Conference, ICCHP 2014, Paris, France, July 9-11, 2014, Proceedings, Part II. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 26–33.

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 Acta Neuropathologica Communications.

Blog post

1. Andrews R. Chimpanzees That Travel Long Distances Are More Adept Tool Users [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/chimpanzees-travel-long-distances-adept-tool-users/

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Environmental Satellites: Polar-orbiting Satellite Acquisition Faces Delays; Decisions Needed on Whether and How to Ensure Climate Data Continuity. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Jun. Report No.: GAO-08-899T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Holloway CM. Evaluating five leadership traits in the rising stars succession planning program [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2015.

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

1. Qiu L. Bold Talk On Gangs And Sugar. New York Times. 2017 Jun 29;A19.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Abbreviation	Acta Neuropathol. Commun.
ISSN (online)	2051-5960
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