How to format your references using the Neurodegenerative Diseases citation style

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

Cortada X. Genome-sequencing anniversary. Painting the genome for the public. Science. 2011 Feb;331(6017):548.

A journal article with 2 authors

Moser AL, Bellan PM. Magnetic reconnection from a multiscale instability cascade. Nature. 2012 Feb;482(7385):379–81.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kayukawa T, Tateishi K, Shinoda T. Establishment of a versatile cell line for juvenile hormone signaling analysis in Tribolium castaneum. Sci Rep. 2013;3:1570.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kash TL, Jenkins A, Kelley JC, Trudell JR, Harrison NL. Coupling of agonist binding to channel gating in the GABA(A) receptor. Nature. 2003 Jan;421(6920):272–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Brower MC. Wind Resource Assessment. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

Ali M, Pan J-S, Chen S-M, Horng M-F, editors. Modern Advances in Applied Intelligence: 27th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2014, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, June 3-6, 2014, Proceedings, Part II. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Llamas J, Lerones PM, Zalama E, Gómez-García-Bermejo J. Applying Deep Learning Techniques to Cultural Heritage Images Within the INCEPTION Project. In: Ioannides M, Fink E, Moropoulou A, Hagedorn-Saupe M, Fresa A, Liestøl G, et al., editors. Digital Heritage. Progress in Cultural Heritage: Documentation, Preservation, and Protection: 6th International Conference, EuroMed 2016, Nicosia, Cyprus, October 31 – November 5, 2016, Proceedings, Part II. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016; pp 25–32.

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 Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Blog post

Andrew E. Mass Whale Grave Mystery Solved [Internet]. IFLScience. 2014 Feb [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/mass-whale-grave-mystery-solved/

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: Logistics Decisions Impede B-1B Readiness and Supportability. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1989.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Jahan M. A policy to protect hoarders: An analysis of Fair Housing Amendments Act, 1988. 2015

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

Tomasky M. Paul Ryan’s Discontent. New York Times. 2017 May;A23.

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	Neurodegenerative Diseases
Abbreviation	Neurodegener. Dis.
ISSN (print)	1660-2854
ISSN (online)	1660-2862
Scope	Clinical Neurology Neurology

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