How to format your references using the NeuroReport citation style

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

Fletcher JD. Education and training technology in the military. Science 2009; 323 (5910): 72–75.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hey T, Trefethen AE. Cyberinfrastructure for e-Science. Science 2005; 308 (5723): 817–821.

A journal article with 3 authors

Dillingham MS, Spies M, Kowalczykowski SC. RecBCD enzyme is a bipolar DNA helicase. Nature 2003; 423 (6942): 893–897.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Shimoda T, Matsuki Y, Furusawa M, Aoki T, Yudasaka I, Tanaka H, et al. Solution-processed silicon films and transistors. Nature 2006; 440 (7085): 783–786.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Landa R. Advertising by Design. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2016.

An edited book

Approaching China’s Pharmaceutical Market: A Fundamental Guide to Clinical Drug Development. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Koufi V, Malamateniou F, Vassilacopoulos G. Privacy-Preserving Access Control for PHR-Based Emergency Medical Systems. In: Koutsouris D-D, Lazakidou AA (eds). Concepts and Trends in Healthcare Information Systems. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. pp. 61–78.

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 NeuroReport.

Blog post

Davis J. France Deploys Team Of Hunters To Control Wolf Numbers. IFLScience 2015;

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. Technology Development: New DOD Space Science and Technology Strategy Provides Basis for Optimizing Investments, but Future Versions Need to Be More Robust. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Thornsberry JL. Freshman transition and its effectiveness on student success as measured by improved attendance, improved grades, decreased discipline referrals, and decreased dropout rate. 2010;

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

Sisario B. Bob Krasnow, 82, Executive Who Revived Elektra Records. New York Times 2016; A30.

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	NeuroReport
Abbreviation	Neuroreport
ISSN (print)	0959-4965
ISSN (online)	1473-558X
Scope	General Neuroscience