How to format your references using the Molecular Neurodegeneration citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Molecular Neurodegeneration. 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

1. Lynch C. Big data: How do your data grow? Nature. 2008;455:28–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Grant PR, Grant BR. Evolutionary biology: speciation undone. Nature. 2014;507:178–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Zobel M, Neder RB, Kimber SAJ. Universal solvent restructuring induced by colloidal nanoparticles. Science. 2015;347:292–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Choi D, Lee H, Im DJ, Kang IS, Lim G, Kim DS, et al. Spontaneous electrical charging of droplets by conventional pipetting. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2037.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Soustelle M. Phase Transformations. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

1. Bucur D. Variational Methods in Shape Optimization Problems. Buttazzo G, editor. Boston, MA: Birkhäuser; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Lavelli A. An Ensemble Model for the EVALITA 2011 Dependency Parsing Task. In: Magnini B, Cutugno F, Falcone M, Pianta E, editors. Evaluation of Natural Language and Speech Tools for Italian: International Workshop, EVALITA 2011, Rome, January 24-25, 2012, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 30–6.

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 Molecular Neurodegeneration.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Blanket Ban On Legal Highs Marks A New Low For Liberty [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/blanket-ban-legal-highs-marks-new-low-liberty/

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. K-12 Education: Education’s Experiences with Flexibility Waivers Could Inform Efforts to Assist States with New Requirements. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016 Jul. Report No.: GAO-16-650.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Schick VR. Examining the vulva: The relationship between female genital aesthetic perceptions and gynecological care [Doctoral dissertation]. [Washington, DC]: George Washington University; 2010.

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. Poniewozik J. A Chance to Be Reborn After Years Behind Bars. New York Times. 2016 Oct 25;C6.

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	Molecular Neurodegeneration
Abbreviation	Mol. Neurodegener.
ISSN (online)	1750-1326
Scope	Molecular Biology Clinical Neurology Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience