How to format your references using the Neuromuscular Disorders citation style

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

[1]

Adams JU. Genetics: Big hopes for big data. Nature 2015;527:S108-9.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Kurotobi K, Murata Y. A single molecule of water encapsulated in fullerene C₆₀. Science 2011;333:613–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Euler T, Detwiler PB, Denk W. Directionally selective calcium signals in dendrites of starburst amacrine cells. Nature 2002;418:845–52.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Ran J, Wu L, Wei B, Chen Y, Xu T. Simultaneous enhancements of conductivity and stability for anion exchange membranes (AEMs) through precise structure design. Sci Rep 2014;4:6486.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

J.G. Upton G. Categorical Data Analysis by Example. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Arestis P, Sawyer M, editors. Emerging Economies During and After the Great Recession. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Hoenicke J, Podelski A. Fairness for Infinitary Control. In: Meyer R, Platzer A, Wehrheim H, editors. Correct System Design: Symposium in Honor of Ernst-Rüdiger Olderog on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday, Oldenburg, Germany, September 8-9, 2015, Proceedings, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015, p. 33–43.

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 Neuromuscular Disorders.

Blog post

[1]

Hamilton K. Ridiculously Enormous Alligator Captured On Camera. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/ridiculously-enormous-alligator-captured-on-camera/ (accessed October 30, 2018).

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. Telecommunications Security and Privacy. 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

[1]

Knight AK. Beyond Leveraged Purchasing: Using Strengthened Buyer/Supplier Relationships to Accomplish Sustainable Strategic Sourcing and Smarter Single Source Acquisitions. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University, 2017.

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]

Gordon MR, Schmitt E. Showdown Expected in the Euphrates Valley, but It’s Complicated. New York Times 2017: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	Neuromuscular Disorders
Abbreviation	Neuromuscul. Disord.
ISSN (print)	0960-8966
Scope	Genetics(clinical) Clinical Neurology Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health Neurology

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