How to format your references using the CNS Drugs citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for CNS Drugs. 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

1. Aebischer P. Philanthropy: The price of charity. Nature. 2012;481:260.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Feizi A, Bordel S. Metabolic and protein interaction sub-networks controlling the proliferation rate of cancer cells and their impact on patient survival. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3041.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Penmatsa A, Wang KH, Gouaux E. X-ray structure of dopamine transporter elucidates antidepressant mechanism. Nature. 2013;503:85–90.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Bernal D, Donley JM, Shadwick RE, Syme DA. Mammal-like muscles power swimming in a cold-water shark. Nature. 2005;437:1349–52.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Brown C. Mastering Elliott Wave Principle. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Shen X, Mueller F, Tuck J, editors. Languages and Compilers for Parallel Computing: 28th International Workshop, LCPC 2015, Raleigh, NC, USA, September 9-11, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Hess S, Bierlaire M, Polak JW. Capturing Correlation and Taste Heterogeneity with Mixed GEV Models. In: Scarpa R, Alberini A, editors. Applications of Simulation Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2005. p. 55–75.

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 CNS Drugs.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. We may Finally Know why a Flu Vaccine Triggered Narcolepsy [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/we-may-finally-know-why-flu-vaccine-triggered-narcolepsy/

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. Deinstitutionalization of the Mentally Ill in Oregon. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976 Jul. Report No.: 092275.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Allison CL. An Investigation into the Experiences of Traditional Higher Education Instructors Transitioning into Effective Online Instructors [Doctoral dissertation]. [Scottsdale, AZ]: Northcentral University; 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. (nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Soldier Kills 4 Comrades, Then Himself. New York Times. 2003 Feb 21;A12.

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	CNS Drugs
Abbreviation	CNS Drugs
ISSN (print)	1172-7047
ISSN (online)	1179-1934
Scope	Clinical Neurology Pharmacology (medical) Psychiatry and Mental health