How to format your references using the European Journal of Neurology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Neurology. 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

Sanderson K. US biofuels: a field in ferment. Nature. 2006;444(7120):673-676.

A journal article with 2 authors

Jox R, Gewin V. Engineering your own path. Nature. 2003;425(6955):327.

A journal article with 3 authors

Pendry JB, Martín-Moreno L, Garcia-Vidal FJ. Mimicking surface plasmons with structured surfaces. Science. 2004;305(5685):847-848.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Harms KE, Wright SJ, Calderón O, Hernández A, Herre EA. Pervasive density-dependent recruitment enhances seedling diversity in a tropical forest. Nature. 2000;404(6777):493-495.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Islam MR, Hossain ME, Moussavizadegan SH, Mustafiz S, Abou&xKassem JH. Advanced Petroleum Reservoir Simulation. John Wiley &;#38; Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

Vinson JR, Sierakowski RL, eds. The Behavior Of Structures Composed Of Composite Materials. Vol 105. Second Edition. Springer Netherlands; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

Almeida J, Rodaro E. Semisimple Synchronizing Automata and the Wedderburn-Artin Theory. In: Shur AM, Volkov MV, eds. Developments in Language Theory: 18th International Conference, DLT 2014, Ekaterinburg, Russia, August 26-29, 2014. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing; 2014:49-60.

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 European Journal of Neurology.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. Mysterious X-37B Space Plane Completes 600 Days In Earth Orbit. IFLScience.

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. Spectrum Management: FCC’s Licensing Approach in the 11, 18, and 23 Gigahertz Bands Currently Supports Spectrum Availability and Efficiency. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Holloway CM. Evaluating Five Leadership Traits in the Rising Stars Succession Planning Program. Doctoral dissertation. 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

Brantley B. Pain, Protest and Resistance. New York Times. October 17, 2017:C1.

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	European Journal of Neurology
ISSN (print)	1351-5101
ISSN (online)	1468-1331
Scope