How to format your references using the Critical Reviews in Neurobiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Critical Reviews in Neurobiology (CRN). 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

Knowles MT. How metrics could have saved UK car industry. Nature. 2000 May 4;405(6782):13–4.

A journal article with 2 authors

Anderson D, Brenner S. Obituary: Seymour Benzer (1921-2007). Nature. 2008 Jan 10;451(7175):139.

A journal article with 3 authors

Xia XM, Zeng X, Lingle CJ. Multiple regulatory sites in large-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels. Nature. 2002 Aug 22;418(6900):880–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Higuchi M, Maas S, Single FN, Hartner J, Rozov A, Burnashev N, et al. Point mutation in an AMPA receptor gene rescues lethality in mice deficient in the RNA-editing enzyme ADAR2. Nature. 2000 Jul 6;406(6791):78–81.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Fan J. Multiscale Analysis of Deformation and Failure of Materials. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2010.

An edited book

Lumley JSP, Hoballah JJ, editors. Vascular Surgery. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009. XII, 462 p. (Springer Surgery Atlas Series).

A chapter in an edited book

Yang S, Illner D, Teller K, Solovei I, van Driel R, Joffe B, et al. Statistical Shape Theory and Registration Methods for Analyzing the 3D Architecture of Chromatin in Interphase Cell Nuclei. In: Adams NM, Freemont PS, editors. Advances in Nuclear Architecture. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011. p. 131–47.

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 Critical Reviews in Neurobiology.

Blog post

Andrew E. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Destruction of Amazon Rainforest Visible From Space. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/destruction-amazon-rainforest-visible-space/

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. James Webb Space Telescope: Project Meeting Cost and Schedule Commitments but Continues to Use Reserves to Address Challenges. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016 Dec. Report No.: GAO-17-71.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Sakalli Gumus S. Preparing teachers for partnering with families: Examining the impact of a specifically designed curriculum on professionals [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 2008.

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. Teachers Adding an H (for Hygiene) to the 3 R’s. New York Times. 2000 Dec 20;B9.

In-text citations

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

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	Critical Reviews in Neurobiology
ISSN (print)	0892-0915
ISSN (online)	2375-0014
Scope