How to format your references using the American Journal of Neuroradiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for American Journal of Neuroradiology (AJNR). 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 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

Quirk T. Writers should not fear jargon. Nature 2012;487:407.

A journal article with 2 authors

Wallenfang MR, Seydoux G. Polarization of the anterior-posterior axis of C. elegans is a microtubule-directed process. Nature 2000;408:89–92.

A journal article with 3 authors

de Roode JC, Lefèvre T, Hunter MD. Ecology. Self-medication in animals. Science 2013;340:150–1.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Loucks CJ, Lü Z, Dinerstein E, et al. Ecology. Giant pandas in a changing landscape. Science 2001;294:1465.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Weston P. Bioinformatics Software Engineering. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2006.

An edited book

Domek S, Dworak P, eds. Theoretical Developments and Applications of Non-Integer Order Systems: 7th Conference on Non-Integer Order Calculus and Its Applications, Szczecin, Poland. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

McDermott R. Prospect Theory and Negotiation. In: Sjöstedt G, Avenhaus R, eds. Negotiated Risks: International Talks on Hazardous Issues. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009:1–23.

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 American Journal of Neuroradiology.

Blog post

Andrew D. 49 Health “Facts” You’ve Been Told All Your Life That Are Totally Wrong. IFLScience 2016 Aug 21. [Epub ahead of print].

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. Department of Education: Guaranteed Student Loan Program Vulnerabilities. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Wilkinson B. You Got to Pray Just to Make It Today: The Relationship between Disclosure Disconnects, Job Satisfaction, and Organizational Commitment among Atheistic Employees. 2017. [Epub ahead of print].

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

Crow K. Pardon My Dust? Neighbors of a College Project Say No. New York Times. July 15, 2001:146.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	American Journal of Neuroradiology
Abbreviation	AJNR Am. J. Neuroradiol.
ISSN (print)	0195-6108
ISSN (online)	1936-959X
Scope	Clinical Neurology Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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