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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Neurodevelopmental 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. Cyranoski D. Fresh horizons South Korea. Nature. 2002;420:4–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Mongiat LA, Schinder AF. Neuroscience. A price to pay for adult neurogenesis. Science. 2014;344:594–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Richardson CE, Kooistra T, Kim DH. An essential role for XBP-1 in host protection against immune activation in C. elegans. Nature. 2010;463:1092–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Boucher P, Gotthardt M, Li W-P, Anderson RGW, Herz J. LRP: role in vascular wall integrity and protection from atherosclerosis. Science. 2003;300:329–32.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. German Geotechnical Society. Recommendations on Excavations EAB. D-69451 Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH; 2013.

An edited book

1. Chen L, Liu C, Zhang X, Wang S, Strasunskas D, Tomassen SL, et al., editors. Advances in Web and Network Technologies, and Information Management: APWeb/WAIM 2009 International Workshops: WCMT 2009, RTBI 2009, DBIR-ENQOIR 2009, PAIS 2009, Suzhou, China, April 2-4, 2009, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2009.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kim CH, Quisquater J-J. New Differential Fault Analysis on AES Key Schedule: Two Faults Are Enough. In: Grimaud G, Standaert F-X, editors. Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications: 8th IFIP WG 88/112 International Conference, CARDIS 2008, London, UK, September 8-11, 2008 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 48–60.

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 Neurodevelopmental Disorders.

Blog post

1. Fang J. How Blind People Orient Themselves Using Bat-Like Echolocation. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014.

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. Federal Student Loans: Education Could Improve Direct Loan Program Customer Service and Oversight. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016 May. Report No.: GAO-16-523.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Brawley K. A nutrition and physical activity curriculum for pregnant women [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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. Vecsey G. Armstrong Can’t Break Away From Doping Charges. New York Times. 2011 May 24;B14.

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 Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Abbreviation	J. Neurodev. Disord.
ISSN (print)	1866-1947
ISSN (online)	1866-1955
Scope	Clinical Neurology Pathology and Forensic Medicine Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health Cognitive Neuroscience