How to format your references using the Neonatology citation style

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

Ravallion M. Income inequality in the developing world. Science. 2014 May;344(6186):851–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Nesbit J, Norman C. 2010 Visualization Challenge. Science. 2011 Feb;331(6019):847–56.

A journal article with 3 authors

Scholz H, Franz M, Heberlein U. The hangover gene defines a stress pathway required for ethanol tolerance development. Nature. 2005 Aug;436(7052):845–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Ding L, Liu J-L, Hassan W, Wang L-L, Yan F-R, Shang J. Lipid modulatory activities of Cichorium glandulosum Boiss et Huet are mediated by multiple components within hepatocytes. Sci Rep. 2014 May;4:4715.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Caban S, Mehlführer C, Rupp M, Wrulich M. Evaluation of HSDPA and LTE. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2011.

An edited book

Kim J-H, Yang W, Jo J, Sincak P, Myung H, editors. Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 3: Results from the 3rd International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Rim K. Paradigm Shift and Challenges for Korean Industry: Case Study of Samsung. In: Mahlich JC, Pascha W, editors. Innovation and Technology in Korea: Challenges of a Newly Advanced Economy. Heidelberg: Physica-Verlag HD; 2007; pp 59–70.

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 Neonatology.

Blog post

Carpineti A. Scientists Think They Know Why Beagle 2 Didn’t Send A Signal Back From Mars [Internet]. IFLScience. 2016 Nov

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. Strategic Bombers: B-2 Program Status and Current Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Meng W. Synthesis and design of microwave wideband filters and components. 2014

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

STEVEN LEE MYERS; Sophia Kishkovsky contributed reporting from Moscow for this article, Judith Miller From. Russian Denies Receiving Rights To Sell Oil from Saddam Hussein. New York Times. 2005 May;A12.

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	Neonatology
Abbreviation	Neonatology
ISSN (print)	1661-7800
ISSN (online)	1661-7819
Scope	Developmental Biology Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health

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