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

Durrer R. Astronomy. Is the mystery of cosmic magnetic fields solved? Science. 2006 Feb;311(5762):787–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

Leeman DS, Brunet A. Stem cells: Sex specificity in the blood. Nature. 2014 Jan;505(7484):488–90.

A journal article with 3 authors

Christodoulides DN, Lederer F, Silberberg Y. Discretizing light behaviour in linear and nonlinear waveguide lattices. Nature. 2003 Aug;424(6950):817–23.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Xiang Z, Kasahara Y, Asaba T, Lawson B, Tinsman C, Chen L, et al. Quantum oscillations of electrical resistivity in an insulator. Science. 2018 Oct;362(6410):65–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Wolf RA. Atmospheric Pressure Plasma for Surface Modification. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

Salsa S. Equazioni a derivate parziali: Complementi ed esercizi. Milano: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

Busiol D, Lee TY. Prevention of Cyberbullying: A Conceptual Review. In: Lee TY, Shek DTL, Sun RCF, editors. Student Well-Being in Chinese Adolescents in Hong Kong: Theory, Intervention and Research. Singapore: Springer; 2015; pp 59–69.

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

Hale T. Robot Solves Rubik’s Cube In Mind-Blowing 0.637 Seconds [Internet]. IFLScience. 2017 Mar [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/robot-solves-rubik-s-cube-in-mind-blowing-0-637-seconds/

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. Improvements Needed in DOT’s Hazardous Materials Rail Safety Program. 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

Barger B. A Quantitative Study of Educational Poverty, School Location, and Student Achievement Measured by the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA). 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

Wagner J. Still Standing, if Barely Upright, Cubs Face a Quick Turnaround. New York Times. 2017 Oct;SP7.

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

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