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. Weir K. Microbiology: Inflammatory evidence. Nature. 2015;528:S130-1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Calzolari A, Nardelli MB. Dielectric properties and Raman spectra of ZnO from a first principles finite-differences/finite-fields approach. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2999.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Lu Y, Wang W, Kirschner MW. Specificity of the anaphase-promoting complex: a single-molecule study. Science. 2015;348:1248737.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Pellikka M, Tanentzapf G, Pinto M, Smith C, McGlade CJ, Ready DF, et al. Crumbs, the Drosophila homologue of human CRB1/RP12, is essential for photoreceptor morphogenesis. Nature. 2002;416:143–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Baguley D, Andersson G, McFerran D, McKenna L. Tinnitus: A Multidisciplinary Approach. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Böllinghaus T, Lexow J, Kishi T, Kitagawa M, editors. Materials Challenges and Testing for Supply of Energy and Resources. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Yates L, Terraschke A. Love, Language and Little Ones: Successes and Stresses for Mothers Raising Bilingual Children in Exogamous Relationships. In: Schwartz M, Verschik A, editors. Successful Family Language Policy: Parents, Children and Educators in Interaction. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2013. p. 105–25.

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. Luntz S. Symbiotic Partnership Between Monkeys and Wolves Discovered [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/monkey-wolf-symbiosis/

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. Trademark ADP System: Patent Office Should Analyze Alternatives Before Contract Award. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1987 Aug. Report No.: IMTEC-87-44.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Norton JC. Elementary ESL and General Education Co-Teachers’ Perceptions of Their Co-Teaching Roles: A Mixed Methods Study [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington 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. Billard M. Scouting Report. New York Times. 2010 Aug 5;E6.

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