How to format your references using the Journal of Neuroinflammation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Neuroinflammation. 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	Download the output style file
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. Clutton-Brock T. Breeding together: kin selection and mutualism in cooperative vertebrates. Science. 2002;296:69–72.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Solomon JH, Hartmann MJ. Biomechanics: robotic whiskers used to sense features. Nature. 2006;443:525.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ganem NJ, Godinho SA, Pellman D. A mechanism linking extra centrosomes to chromosomal instability. Nature. 2009;460:278–82.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Okamoto H, Fukushima M, Teismann H, Lagemann L, Kitahara T, Inohara H, et al. Constraint-induced sound therapy for sudden sensorineural hearing loss--behavioral and neurophysiological outcomes. Sci Rep. 2014;4:3927.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Durbin PA, Reif BAP. Statistical Theory and Modeling for Turbulent Flows. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2010.

An edited book

1. Moniuszko A. PET and PET/CT Study Guide: A Review for Passing the PET Specialty Exam. Sciuk A, editor. New York, NY: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Mubarok I, Lee K, Lee S, Lee H. Lightweight Resource Management for DDoS Traffic Isolation in a Cloud Environment. In: Cuppens-Boulahia N, Cuppens F, Jajodia S, Abou El Kalam A, Sans T, editors. ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection: 29th IFIP TC 11 International Conference, SEC 2014, Marrakech, Morocco, June 2-4, 2014 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014. p. 44–51.

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 Neuroinflammation.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Blame It On Mum And Dad: How Genes Influence What We Eat. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. Higher Education: Improved Tax Information Could Help Pay for College. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Jul. Report No.: GAO-12-863T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Zhao L. Modeling, Estimation and Approximation in Structured Models [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2017.

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. Oestreich JR. Juilliard’s Fast Takes on French Baroque. New York Times. 2016 Nov 10;C2.

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 Neuroinflammation
Abbreviation	J. Neuroinflammation
ISSN (online)	1742-2094
Scope	Immunology General Neuroscience Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Neurology