How to format your references using the Neuroendocrinology citation style

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

PaperpileThe citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNoteDownload the output style file
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and othersThe style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeXBibTeX 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
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Duflo E. Rigorous evaluation of human behavior. Science. 2012 Jun;336(6087):1398.
A journal article with 2 authors
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Pouille F, Scanziani M. Enforcement of temporal fidelity in pyramidal cells by somatic feed-forward inhibition. Science. 2001 Aug;293(5532):1159–63.
A journal article with 3 authors
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Jensen K, Call J, Tomasello M. Chimpanzees are rational maximizers in an ultimatum game. Science. 2007 Oct;318(5847):107–9.
A journal article with 7 or more authors
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Marian A, Stowe MC, Lawall JR, Felinto D, Ye J. United time-frequency spectroscopy for dynamics and global structure. Science. 2004 Dec;306(5704):2063–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book
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Caltagirone J-P. Discrete Mechanics. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2015.
An edited book
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Sericola B, Telek M, Horváth G, editors. Analytical and Stochastic Modeling Techniques and Applications: 21st International Conference, ASMTA 2014, Budapest, Hungary, June 30 – July 2, 2014. Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.
A chapter in an edited book
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Laouafi A, Mordjaoui M, Dib D. One-Hour Ahead Electric Load Forecasting Using Neuro-fuzzy System in a Parallel Approach. In: Azar AT, Vaidyanathan S, editors. Computational Intelligence Applications in Modeling and Control. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015; pp 95–121.

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 Neuroendocrinology.

Blog post
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Hamilton K. Swimming The Atlantic Is An Extreme Act Of Human Endurance – Here’s What The Body Will Go Through [Internet]. IFLScience. 2016 Dec [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/swimming-the-atlantic-is-an-extreme-act-of-human-endurance-heres-what-the-body-will-go-through/

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
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Government Accountability Office. GAO ADP Data Lines: Issue No. 1. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1983.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation
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Mylonas A. “Women are the pillars of the family”: Athenian women’s survival strategies during economic crisis. 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
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Grynbaum MM. Wall Street Journal’s Editor in Chief Admonishes Reporters Over Trump Coverage. New York Times. 2017 Aug;B7.

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 titleNeuroendocrinology
AbbreviationNeuroendocrinology
ISSN (print)0028-3835
ISSN (online)1423-0194
ScopeEndocrinology
Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Endocrine and Autonomic Systems

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