How to format your references using the Neural Plasticity citation style

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

T. Scully, “Obesity.,” Nature. vol. 508, no. 7496, p. S49, 2014.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

S. Sivanand and K.E. Wellen, “Molecular biology: Salvaging the genome.,” Nature. vol. 524, no. 7563, pp. 40–41, 2015.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

S. Sun, C.-T. Ting, and C.-I. Wu, “The normal function of a speciation gene, Odysseus, and its hybrid sterility effect.,” Science (New York, N.Y.). vol. 305, no. 5680, pp. 81–83, 2004.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

T. Maviel, T.P. Durkin, F. Menzaghi, and B. Bontempi, “Sites of neocortical reorganization critical for remote spatial memory.,” Science (New York, N.Y.). vol. 305, no. 5680, pp. 96–99, 2004.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

R.L. Freeman, Reference Manual for Telecommunications Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2002.

An edited book

[1]

T. Dimitrakos and F. Martinelli, Eds., Formal Aspects in Security and Trust: IFIP TC1 WG1.7 Workshop on Formal Aspects in Security and Trust (FAST), World Computer Congress, August 22–27, 2004, Toulouse, France. Springer US, Boston, MA, 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

E. Duarte, “The Way of Lao-Tzu.,” In: E.M. Duarte, Ed. Being and Learning: A Poetic Phenomenology of Education. pp. 45–67. SensePublishers, Rotterdam (2012).

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 Neural Plasticity.

Blog post

[1]

J. O`Callaghan, “SpaceX Plans To Return To Flight In January, Not December,” https://www.iflscience.com/space/spacex-plans-to-return-to-flight-in-january-not-december/.

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, Digital Television Transition: Majority of Broadcasters Are Prepared for the DTV Transition, but Some Technical and Coordination Issues Remain. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

P.M. McGrath, “Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008: A policy analysis,” (2013).

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]

K. Dinardo, “An Orangutan Expert Advises Visiting Now,” (2016).

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	Neural Plasticity
Abbreviation	Neural Plast.
ISSN (print)	2090-5904
ISSN (online)	1687-5443
Scope	Clinical Neurology Neurology