How to format your references using the EJNMMI Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for EJNMMI Research. 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. Reichhardt T. Airborne telescope delayed as plane is made ready. Nature. 2001;411:729.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Park Y, Kuroda MI. Epigenetic aspects of X-chromosome dosage compensation. Science. 2001;293:1083–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Westfall PJ, Ballon DR, Thorner J. When the stress of your environment makes you go HOG wild. Science. 2004;306:1511–2.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Aurbach D, Lu Z, Schechter A, Gofer Y, Gizbar H, Turgeman R, et al. Prototype systems for rechargeable magnesium batteries. Nature. 2000;407:724–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Kramer-Moore D, Moore M. Destructive Myths in Family Therapy. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2012.

An edited book

1. Khattab A. Cognitive Radio Networks: From Theory to Practice. Perkins D, Bayoumi M, editors. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Braverman N, Argyriou C, Moser A. Human Disorders of Peroxisome Biogenesis: Zellweger Spectrum and Rhizomelic Chondrodysplasia Punctata. In: Brocard C, Hartig A, editors. Molecular Machines Involved in Peroxisome Biogenesis and Maintenance. Vienna: Springer; 2014. p. 63–90.

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 EJNMMI Research.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Gene That Sends Roots Downwards Could Save Barley From Drought [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/root-architecture-gene-could-save-barley-drought-0/

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. Debarment for Violation of Davis-Bacon Act. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1980 Aug. Report No.: B-199608.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Horvath CP. Comparison of waste heat driven and electrically driven cooling systems for a high ambient temperature, off-grid application [Doctoral dissertation]. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, College Park; 2012.

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. Rothenberg B. In Comeback From Injury, Stephens Falls Short Against Another American. New York Times. 2017 Jul 5;B9.

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	EJNMMI Research
Abbreviation	EJNMMI Res.
ISSN (online)	2191-219X
Scope	Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging