How to format your references using the Eye and Vision citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Eye and Vision. 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. Funding woes spell doom for US radio dish. Nature. 2000;404:7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Gonnermann HM, Mukhopadhyay S. Preserving noble gases in a convecting mantle. Nature. 2009;459:560–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Yu Y, Huang L, Cao L. Semiconductor solar superabsorbers. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4107.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Choi SH, Bylykbashi E, Chatila ZK, Lee SW, Pulli B, Clemenson GD, et al. Combined adult neurogenesis and BDNF mimic exercise effects on cognition in an Alzheimer’s mouse model. Science. 2018;361.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Fernando A, Worrall ST, Ekmekcioǧlu E. 3DTV. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

1. Schewe K-D, Thalheim B, editors. Semantics in Data and Knowledge Bases: 4th International Workshops, SDKB 2010, Bordeaux, France, July 5, 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Chan SC. Light Field. In: Ikeuchi K, editor. Computer Vision: A Reference Guide. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2014. p. 447–53.

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 Eye and Vision.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. New Study Suggests Genetic Link To Homosexuality [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/brain/case-builds-genetic-influence-sexuality/

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. Major NIH Computer System: Poor Management Resulted in Unmet Scientists’ Needs and Wasted Millions. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991 Nov. Report No.: IMTEC-92-5.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Abraham SR. Using Self-Monitoring and Goal Setting to Increase Swimming in Adults [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tampa, FL]: University of South Florida; 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. Barron J. Age Requirement At Chelsea Art Gallery: Over 60 Only. New York Times. 2017 Jul 9;A20.

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	Eye and Vision
Abbreviation	Eye Vis. (Lond.)
ISSN (online)	2326-0254
Scope

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