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

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

Watanabe M. Part-time teaching: benefitting as a part-time teacher. Nature. 2003 Jul 3;424(6944):110–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Kemp C, Regier T. Kinship categories across languages reflect general communicative principles. Science. 2012 May 25;336(6084):1049–54.

A journal article with 3 authors

Rogers JA, Lagally MG, Nuzzo RG. Synthesis, assembly and applications of semiconductor nanomembranes. Nature. 2011 Aug 31;477(7362):45–53.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Scali M, Begenisic T, Mainardi M, Milanese M, Bonifacino T, Bonanno G, et al. Fluoxetine treatment promotes functional recovery in a rat model of cervical spinal cord injury. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2217.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Staudt G. Experimentalphysik. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2001.

An edited book

Barrett LW. Untranslated Gene Regions and Other Non-coding Elements: Regulation of Eukaryotic Gene Expression. Fletcher S, Wilton SD, editors. Basel: Springer; 2013. VIII, 56 p. 2 illus. in color. (SpringerBriefs in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology).

A chapter in an edited book

Dana RH. Transitions in Psychotherapy, Clinical Diagnosis, and Assessment. In: Dana RH, Allen J, editors. Cultural Competency Training in a Global Society. New York, NY: Springer; 2009. p. 79–94. (International and Cultural Psychology).

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 Neurosciences.

Blog post

O`Callaghan J. SpaceX Wants To Start Launching Rockets “Every Two To Three Weeks” [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/space/spacex-wants-to-start-launching-rockets-every-two-to-three-weeks/

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 Investment Management: A Framework for Assessing and Improving Process Maturity (Supersedes AIMD-10.1.23). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2004 Mar. Report No.: GAO-04-394G.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Pan A. The Mental Health and Well-Being of College Students in Cambodia [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

Kolomatsky M. September’s Most Popular Listings. New York Times. 2017 Oct 5;RE2.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Pediatric Neurosciences
Abbreviation	J. Pediatr. Neurosci.
ISSN (print)	1817-1745
ISSN (online)	1998-3948
Scope	Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health General Neuroscience