How to format your references using the Human Brain Mapping citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Human Brain Mapping. 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

Dalton R (2005): California stem-cell institute fights legal challenges. Nature 435:544.

A journal article with 2 authors

Koyama K, Takemoto S (2014): Morning reduction of photosynthetic capacity before midday depression. Sci Rep 4:4389.

A journal article with 3 authors

Freckleton RP, Sutherland WJ, Watkinson AR (2003): Ecology. Deciding the future of GM crops in Europe. Science 302:994–996.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Gore J, Bryant Z, Stone MD, Nöllmann M, Cozzarelli NR, Bustamante C (2006): Mechanochemical analysis of DNA gyrase using rotor bead tracking. Nature 439:100–104.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Fitschen K (2013): Building Reliable Trading Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Michalzik R ed. (2013): VCSELs: Fundamentals, Technology and Applications of Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Lasers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. Vol. 166. Springer Series in Optical Sciences.

A chapter in an edited book

Petrillo PL, Di Bella O, Di Palo N (2015): The UNESCO World Heritage Convention and the Enhancement of Rural Vine-Growing Landscapes. In: Golinelli, GM, editor. Cultural Heritage and Value Creation: Towards New Pathways. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp 127–169.

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 Human Brain Mapping.

Blog post

Andrew D (2016): Sex And Other Myths About Weight Loss. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/sex-and-other-myths-about-weight-loss/.

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 (2003): Vehicle Donations: Taxpayer Considerations When Donating Vehicles to Charities. 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

Williams Soberanes C (2012): Experiences of Mexican Immigrant Women Living in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area. Doctoral dissertation; Washington, DC: George Washington University.

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

Pilon M (2012): Seau Brain Tissue Is Donated to National Institute for Study. New York Times, July 13.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text

About the journal

Full journal title	Human Brain Mapping
Abbreviation	Hum. Brain Mapp.
ISSN (print)	1065-9471
ISSN (online)	1097-0193
Scope	Anatomy Clinical Neurology Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Neurology Radiological and Ultrasound Technology