How to format your references using the Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders. 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. Dinman JD. Molecular biology: Entry signals control development. Nature. 2015;517:24–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Thompson DWJ, Barnes EA. Periodic variability in the large-scale Southern Hemisphere atmospheric circulation. Science. 2014;343:641–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Coaker G, Falick A, Staskawicz B. Activation of a phytopathogenic bacterial effector protein by a eukaryotic cyclophilin. Science. 2005;308:548–50.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Rümpker G, Ryberg T, Bock G, Desert Seismology Group. Boundary-layer mantle flow under the Dead Sea transform fault inferred from seismic anisotropy. Nature. 2003;425:497–501.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Morocco CC, Aguilar CM, Bershad C, Kotula AW, Hindin A. Supported Literacy for Adolescents. San Francisco, CA, USA: Jossey-Bass; 2008.

An edited book

1. Lupacchini R, Angelini A, editors. The Art of Science: From Perspective Drawing to Quantum Randomness. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Sjölander AE, Boström KW, Ögren K. Framing Chemical Risks in Sweden and Poland: Journalists’ Narratives and Media Texts. In: Eriksson J, Gilek M, Rudén C, editors. Regulating Chemical Risks: European and Global Challenges. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2010. p. 45–69.

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 Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. This Species Of Octopus Has A Detachable Penis [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/octopus-has-detachable-penis/

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. Tax Systems Modernization: Program Status and Comments on IRS’ Portion of President’s Request For Fiscal Year 1993 Supplemental Funds. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 Mar. Report No.: T-IMTEC-93-3.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Decker KM. A study of relationships between counselor education, social justice advocacy competence, and likelihood to advocate [Doctoral dissertation]. [Minneapolis, MN]: Capella University; 2013.

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. (nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Estonia: Vodka Pipeline. New York Times. 2004 Dec 14;A6.

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	Journal of Clinical Movement Disorders
Abbreviation	J. Clin. Mov. Disord.
ISSN (online)	2054-7072
Scope