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

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

Vogt M. ECOLOGY. Adrift in an ocean of change. Science 350: 1466–1468, 2015.

A journal article with 2 authors

Miller FD, Kaplan DR. Neurobiology. TRK makes the retrograde. Science 295: 1471–1473, 2002.

A journal article with 3 authors

Ringstad N, Abe N, Horvitz HR. Ligand-gated chloride channels are receptors for biogenic amines in C. elegans. Science 325: 96–100, 2009.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Luo J, Su F, Chen D, Shiloh A, Gu W. Deacetylation of p53 modulates its effect on cell growth and apoptosis. Nature 408: 377–381, 2000.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Labadie N, Prins C, Prodhon C. Metaheuristics for Vehicle Routing Problems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2016.

An edited book

Snyder S, Ralston J, Brazal AM, editors. Church in an Age of Global Migration: A Moving Body. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Ramos NMM, Delgado JMPQ, Almeida RMSF, Simões ML, Manuel S. Application of Data Mining Techniques. In: Application of Data Mining Techniques in the Analysis of Indoor Hygrothermal Conditions, edited by Delgado JMPQ, Almeida RMSF, Simões ML, Manuel S. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2016, p. 37–45.

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 Neurophysiology.

Blog post

Andrew E. East Asian Maths Teaching Method Boosts English Children’s Progress By A Month [Online]. IFLScience IFLScience2015.https://www.iflscience.com/brain/east-asian-maths-teaching-method-boosts-english-children-s-progress-month/ [30 Oct. 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. Information Technology: OMB Can More Effectively Use Its Investment Reviews. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Spratley AM. Connecting Law and Creativity: The Role of Lawyers in Supporting Creative and Innovative Economic Development. George Washington University2010.

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

Simonson J. Nothing Is Free. New York Times : A23, 2017.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Vogt 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Miller and Kaplan 2002; Vogt 2015).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Miller and Kaplan 2002)
Three or more authors: (Luo et al. 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Neurophysiology
Abbreviation	J. Neurophysiol.
ISSN (print)	0022-3077
ISSN (online)	1522-1598
Scope	Physiology General Neuroscience

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