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

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

Skotheim JM. Cell signaling. To divide or not to divide. Science 2009;324:476–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Gibbs RA, Nelson DL. Human genetics. Primate shadow play. Science 2003;299:1331–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Ackermann M, Stearns SC, Jenal U. Senescence in a bacterium with asymmetric division. Science 2003;300:1920.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Seitan VC, Hao B, Tachibana-Konwalski K, Lavagnolli T, Mira-Bontenbal H, Brown KE, et al. A role for cohesin in T-cell-receptor rearrangement and thymocyte differentiation. Nature 2011;476:467–71.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Hopkins BR. Fundraising Law Made Easy. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

[1]

Mudry J, Zwahlen F, Bertrand C, LaMoreaux JW, editors. H2Karst Research in Limestone Hydrogeology. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Veron J (charlie) EN. Coral Taxonomy and Evolution. In: Dubinsky Z, Stambler N, editors. Coral Reefs: An Ecosystem in Transition, Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011, 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 Neuroradiology.

Blog post

[1]

Davis J. New Medical Material Uses Snake Venom To Stem Bleeding. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/new-medical-material-uses-snake-venom-stop-bleeding/ (accessed October 30, 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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Summary Analysis of Federal Commercial Aviation Taxes and Fees. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Diddi V. Digitally Controlled Microwave Power Amplifier Design Techniques for Wireless Communications. Doctoral dissertation. University of California San Diego, 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]

Kishkovsky S. Warm and Weird Toasts to Russia’s Crown Jewel; St. Petersburg Celebrates 300 Years With Everything From Pornography to Preservation. New York Times 2003:E1.

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 Neuroradiology
Abbreviation	J. Neuroradiol.
ISSN (print)	0150-9861
Scope	Clinical Neurology Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiological and Ultrasound Technology