How to format your references using the Frontiers in Neurology citation style

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

Dzenis Y. Materials science. Structural nanocomposites. Science (2008) 319:419–420.

A journal article with 2 authors

Tilman D, Clark M. Global diets link environmental sustainability and human health. Nature (2014) 515:518–522.

A journal article with 3 authors

van Dokkum PG, Kriek M, Franx M. A high stellar velocity dispersion for a compact massive galaxy at redshift z = 2.186. Nature (2009) 460:717–719.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Golas MM, Sander B, Will CL, Lührmann R, Stark H. Molecular architecture of the multiprotein splicing factor SF3b. Science (2003) 300:980–984.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Buchstaller I. Quotatives. Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. (2013).

An edited book

Milone EF. Solar System Astrophysics: Planetary Atmospheres and the Outer Solar System. 2nd ed. 2014. Wilson WJF, editor. New York, NY: Springer. (2014). XVIII, 818 p. 188 illus., 27 illus. in color p.

A chapter in an edited book

Mikolajczak C, Kahn M, White K, Long RT. “Life Cycles of Lithium-Ion Cells.,” In: Kahn M, White K, Long RT, editors. Lithium-Ion Batteries Hazard and Use Assessment. SpringerBriefs in Fire. Boston, MA: Springer US (2011). p. 71–84

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 Neurology.

Blog post

Andrews R. Nearly 1,500 New Viruses Have Just Been Discovered In China. IFLScience (2016) https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/1500-new-viruses-discovered-china/ [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. Tax Systems Modernization: IRS Needs to Resolve Certain Issues With Its Integrated Case Processing System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. (1997).

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Anthony PJ. Determining courses of action for educational leaders to achieve Adequate Yearly Progress. [Doctoral dissertation]. Phoenix, AZ: University of Phoenix. (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

Poniewozik J. Fantasy Frenzy? Or Eerie Dreams? New York Times (2017)C8.

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	Frontiers in Neurology
Abbreviation	Front. Neurol.
ISSN (online)	1664-2295
Scope	Clinical Neurology Neurology