How to format your references using the Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation. 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. Sheen J. Phosphorelay and transcription control in cytokinin signal transduction. Science. 2002;296:1650–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Medema JP, Vermeulen L. Microenvironmental regulation of stem cells in intestinal homeostasis and cancer. Nature. 2011;474:318–26.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Angelakis DG, Das P, Noh C. Probing the topological properties of the Jackiw-Rebbi model with light. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6110.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Dong C, Yang DD, Tournier C, Whitmarsh AJ, Xu J, Davis RJ, et al. JNK is required for effector T-cell function but not for T-cell activation. Nature. 2000;405:91–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Schwedt G. Chemie und Literatur - ein ungewöhnlicher Flirt. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2009.

An edited book

1. von Weizsäcker EU, editor. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker: A Pioneer on Environmental, Climate and Energy Policies. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Kirkwood C. Some Notes on Dialogue. In: Kirkwood C, editor. The Persons in Relation Perspective: In Counselling, Psychotherapy and Community Adult Learning. Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2012. p. 49–55.

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 NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Inside A Body Farm [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/fascinating-process-human-decomposition/

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. Transportation Security Administration’s Suspension of the Butane Lighter Ban Onboard Commercial Aircraft. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Dec. Report No.: GAO-09-177R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Okafor-Dike LC. The effect of leadership on economic development: A case study of Nigeria [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2008.

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. Brantley B, Green J. Critics at War? Yes. But Agreeing, Too. New York Times. 2017 Jun 22;C1.

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 NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Abbreviation	J. Neuroeng. Rehabil.
ISSN (online)	1743-0003
Scope	Health Informatics Rehabilitation