How to format your references using the Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology citation style

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

Rosswog, S. (2004). Astronomy. Short gamma-ray bursts. Science (New York, N.Y.), 303(5654), 46–47.

A journal article with 2 authors

Xu, W., & Angell, C. A. (2003). Solvent-free electrolytes with aqueous solution-like conductivities. Science (New York, N.Y.), 302(5644), 422–425.

A journal article with 3 authors

Azzam, N. A., Hallenbeck, J. M., & Kachar, B. (2000). Membrane changes during hibernation. Nature, 407(6802), 317–318.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Dai, Z., Liu, J. T., Wei, W., & Chen, J. (2014). Detection of the Three Gorges Dam influence on the Changjiang (Yangtze River) submerged delta. Scientific reports, 4, 6600.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Heiberger, R. M. (2015). Computation for the Analysis of Designed Experiments. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Osterholtz, A. J. (Ed.). (2016). Theoretical Approaches to Analysis and Interpretation of Commingled Human Remains (1st ed. 2016.). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

A chapter in an edited book

Herrera-Carrillo, E., & Berkhout, B. (2015). Gene Therapy Strategies to Block HIV-1 Replication by RNA Interference. In B. Berkhout, H. C. J. Ertl, & M. S. Weinberg (Eds.), Gene Therapy for HIV and Chronic Infections (pp. 71–95). New York, NY: Springer.

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 Pediatric Neuropsychology.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2016, June 1). Hybrid Species Are On The March – With The Help Of Humans. IFLScience. IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/hybrid-species-are-march-help-humans/. Accessed 30 October 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. (2014). Commercial Aviation: Status of Air Service to Small Communities and the Federal Programs Involved (No. GAO-14-454T). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Perez, R. W. (2017). Stepping Stone or Stumbling Block? The Impact of Prior Military Service on Hiring Managers’ Perceptions of Warmth, Competence, and Hirability (Doctoral dissertation). Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL.

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

de la MERCED, M. J. (2017, June 19). Blue Apron Pursues I.P.O. As Amazon Poses Threat. New York Times, p. B2.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Rosswog 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Rosswog 2004; Xu and Angell 2003).

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

Two authors: (Xu and Angell 2003)
Three or more authors: (Dai et al. 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Journal of Pediatric Neuropsychology
Abbreviation	J. Pediatr. Neuropsychol.
ISSN (print)	2199-2681
ISSN (online)	2199-2673
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