How to format your references using the Neuroimmunomodulation citation style

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

Ruelle D. Here be no dragons. Nature. 2001 May;411(6833):27.

A journal article with 2 authors

Bergink S, Jentsch S. Principles of ubiquitin and SUMO modifications in DNA repair. Nature. 2009 Mar;458(7237):461–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

Hauf S, Waizenegger IC, Peters JM. Cohesin cleavage by separase required for anaphase and cytokinesis in human cells. Science. 2001 Aug;293(5533):1320–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Fabrizio P, Pozza F, Pletcher SD, Gendron CM, Longo VD. Regulation of longevity and stress resistance by Sch9 in yeast. Science. 2001 Apr;292(5515):288–90.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Smith IM, Griffiths DV, Margetts L. Programming the Finite Element Method. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

Varon J. Acute and Critical Care Formulas and Laboratory Values. New York, NY: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

Puri R, Nicholls SJ. Monitoring the Progression and Regression of Coronary Atherosclerosis with Intravascular Ultrasound. In: Nicholls SJ, Crowe T, editors. Imaging Coronary Atherosclerosis. New York, NY: Springer; 2014; pp 67–79.

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 Neuroimmunomodulation.

Blog post

Andrew E. Bird Presumed To Be Extinct Since 1940’s Spotted In Myanmar [Internet]. IFLScience. 2015 Mar [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/bird-presumed-be-extinct-1940-s-spotted-myanmar/

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. Transportation Security: DHS Efforts to Eliminate Redundant Background Check Investigations. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ritter D. The EU and conflict: Critically assessing the success of the ESDP and its impact in conflict areas. 2008

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

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Admiral Convicted In Sub Deaths. New York Times. 2004 May;A6.

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	Neuroimmunomodulation
Abbreviation	Neuroimmunomodulation
ISSN (print)	1021-7401
ISSN (online)	1423-0216
Scope	Endocrinology Immunology Endocrine and Autonomic Systems Neurology