How to format your references using the Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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. Halzen F. Neutrino astrophysics experiments beneath the sea and ice. Science. 2007;315:66–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Maslin M, Scott J. Carbon trading needs a multi-level approach. Nature. 2011;475:445–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Nagashima K, Krot AN, Yurimoto H. Stardust silicates from primitive meteorites. Nature. 2004;428:921–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kajava AV, Klopffleisch K, Chen S, Hofmann K. Evolutionary link between metazoan RHIM motif and prion-forming domain of fungal heterokaryon incompatibility factor HET-s/HET-s. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7436.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Langley-Evans S. Nutrition, health and disease. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2015.

An edited book

1. Duvernoy HM. The Human Hippocampus: Functional Anatomy, Vascularization and Serial Sections with MRI. 4th ed. 2013. Cattin F, Risold P-Y, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

1. LaBoube RA. Recent Advances and Progress in Design Codes: Connections. In: Rondal J, Dubina D, editors. Light Gauge Metal Structures Recent Advances. Vienna: Springer; 2005. p. 37–66.

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 Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. First Quantum Coherence In Biological Molecule [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/first-quantum-coherence-biological-molecule/

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. Regulatory Flexibility in Schools: What Happens When Schools Are Allowed to Change the Rules? Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994 Apr. Report No.: HEHS-94-102.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Williams K. From Cribs to Crayons: A Study on the Use of Universal Curriculum and Assessment of Preschool Students and Teachers in the Classroom [Doctoral dissertation]. [ Lafayette, LA]: University of Louisiana; 2016.

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. Kanter J. Europe Moves to Collect Taxes From Tech Giants. New York Times. 2017 Oct 4;B1.

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	Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology
Abbreviation	Neuropsychiatr. Electrophysiol.
ISSN (online)	2055-4788
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