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]

Insley SJ. Long-term vocal recognition in the northern fur seal. Nature 2000;406:404–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Bernards R, Weinberg RA. A progression puzzle. Nature 2002;418:823.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Wilson RI, Turner GC, Laurent G. Transformation of olfactory representations in the Drosophila antennal lobe. Science 2004;303:366–70.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Ashworth J, Havranek JJ, Duarte CM, Sussman D, Monnat RJ Jr, Stoddard BL, et al. Computational redesign of endonuclease DNA binding and cleavage specificity. Nature 2006;441:656–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Heywood J. Engineering Education. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

[1]

Monrose F, Dacier M, Blanc G, Garcia-Alfaro J, editors. Research in Attacks, Intrusions, and Defenses: 19th International Symposium, RAID 2016, Paris, France, September 19-21, 2016, Proceedings. vol. 9854. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ding M, Yu N, Ruan X. Cooperative Motor Learning Model for Cerebellar Control of Balance and Locomotion. In: Wang J, Yi Z, Zurada JM, Lu B-L, Yin H, editors. Advances in Neural Networks - ISNN 2006: Third International Symposium on Neural Networks, Chengdu, China, May 28 - June 1, 2006, Proceedings, Part I, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006, p. 27–33.

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]

Andrew E. Spain Has First Case Of Diphtheria In 28 Years Thanks To Anti-Vaxxers. 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. VA Education Benefits: VA Needs to Improve Program Management and Provide More Timely Information to Students. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2013.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Herman RL. Servant leadership: A model for organizations desiring a workplace spirituality culture. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University, 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]

Gustines GG. Obama Pays Tribute to the ‘Peanuts’ Gang. New York Times 2016:B5.

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