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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Clinical Neurophysiology (JCNP). 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

Ladegaard Skov A. Materials science: Like cartilage, but simpler. Nature. 2015;517(7532):25–26.

A journal article with 2 authors

Marchiori D, Warglien M. Predicting human interactive learning by regret-driven neural networks. Science. 2008;319(5866):1111–1113.

A journal article with 3 authors

Heimpel M, Aurnou J, Wicht J. Simulation of equatorial and high-latitude jets on Jupiter in a deep convection model. Nature. 2005;438(7065):193–196.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Akondy RS, Fitch M, Edupuganti S, et al. Origin and differentiation of human memory CD8 T cells after vaccination. Nature. 2017;552(7685):362–367.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Gupta SK. Modern Hydrology and Sustainable Water Development. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2010.

An edited book

Marghoob AA, editor. Nevogenesis: Mechanisms and Clinical Implications of Nevus Development. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Luo J, Liu T, Liu Y. FT-NIR and Confocal Microscope Raman Spectroscopic Studies of Sesame Oil Adulteration. In: Li D, Chen Y, editors. Computer and Computing Technologies in Agriculture V: 5th IFIP TC 5/SIG 5.1 Conference, CCTA 2011, Beijing, China, October 29-31, 2011, Proceedings, Part II. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012: 24–31.

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 Neurophysiology.

Blog post

Carpineti A. This Drone With Robotic Claws Is Both Awesome And Terrifying. September 12, 2016. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/this-drone-with-robotic-claws-is-both-awesome-and-terrifying/. 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. Guaranteed Student Loans: Analysis of Insurance Premiums Charged by Guaranty Agencies. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Greene AE. An Inquiry into Workplace Incivility: Perceptions of Working Graduate Students. 2012;

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

Baker L. Spurring Urban Growth in Vancouver, One Family at a Time. New York Times2005;1111.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Neurophysiology
Abbreviation	J. Clin. Neurophysiol.
ISSN (print)	0736-0258
ISSN (online)	1537-1603
Scope	Physiology Clinical Neurology Physiology (medical) Neurology