How to format your references using the Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience. 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

Wynne, C. D. L. (2004). Animal behaviour: fair refusal by capuchin monkeys. Nature 428, 140; discussion 140.

A journal article with 2 authors

Pelton, J. N., and Logsdon, J. (2008). Retrospective. Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008). Science 320, 189.

A journal article with 3 authors

Tsubogo, T., Oyamada, H., and Kobayashi, S. (2015). Multistep continuous-flow synthesis of (R)- and (S)-rolipram using heterogeneous catalysts. Nature 520, 329–332.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Pennacchio, L. A., Olivier, M., Hubacek, J. A., Cohen, J. C., Cox, D. R., Fruchart, J. C., et al. (2001). An apolipoprotein influencing triglycerides in humans and mice revealed by comparative sequencing. Science 294, 169–173.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hossler, F. E. (2014). Ultrastructure Atlas of Human Tissues. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Václavíková, M., Vitale, K., Gallios, G. P., and Ivaničová, L. eds. (2010). Water Treatment Technologies for the Removal of High-Toxicity Pollutants. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Bondarenko, V., Troyanova, G., Balucani, M., and Ferrari, A. (2005). “Porous Silicon Based SOI: History and Prospects,” in Science and Technology of Semiconductor-On-Insulator Structures and Devices Operating in a Harsh Environment: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Science and Technology of Semiconductor-On-Insulator Structures and Devices Operating in a Harsh Environment Kiev, Ukraine 26–30 April 2004, eds. D. Flandre, A. N. Nazarov, and P. L. F. Hemment (Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands), 53–64.

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 Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015). Why Bigger Isn’t Always Better In The World Of Muscle Building. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/why-bigger-isn-t-always-better-world-muscle-building/ (Accessed October 30, 2018).

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 (1996). Intercollegiate Athletics: Status of Efforts to Promote Gender Equity. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

McClurg, A. D. (2013). A phenomenological study of Baby Boomer retirement— Expectations, results, and implications. Phoenix, AZ: University of Phoenix.

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

Greenhouse, L. (2008). A Case-by-Case Ruling on Discrimination. New York Times, A17.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Wynne, 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Wynne, 2004; Pelton and Logsdon, 2008).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Pelton and Logsdon, 2008)
Three or more authors: (Pennacchio et al., 2001)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
Abbreviation	Front. Comput. Neurosci.
ISSN (online)	1662-5188
Scope	Neuroscience (miscellaneous) Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience