How to format your references using the Neurovascular Imaging citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Neurovascular Imaging. 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. Koen D. Nuts and bolts. Networking for introverts. Nature. 2005;434:120.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Woolf CJ, Bloechlinger S. Neuroscience. It takes more than two to Nogo. Science. 2002;297:1132–4.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Bell FI, McEwen IJ, Viney C. Fibre science: supercontraction stress in wet spider dragline. Nature. 2002;416:37.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Smith JD, Cappa CD, Wilson KR, Messer BM, Cohen RC, Saykally RJ. Energetics of hydrogen bond network rearrangements in liquid water. Science. 2004;306:851–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Gilhus NE, Barnes MP, Brainin M. European Handbook of Neurological Management. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.

An edited book

1. Foresti S, editor. Security and Trust Management: 11th International Workshop, STM 2015, Vienna, Austria, September 21-22, 2015, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Dagogo-Jack S. Physiological and Hormonal Factors that Influence Leptin Production. In: Sam D-JM, editor. Leptin: Regulation and Clinical Applications. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 45–65.

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 Neurovascular Imaging.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. Why Is The Norovirus Such A Huge Problem For The NHS? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/why-is-the-norovirus-such-a-huge-problem-for-the-nhs/

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. Information Technology: Management Needs to Address Reporting of IRS Investments’ Cost, Schedule, and Scope Information. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015 Feb. Report No.: GAO-15-297.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Yildiz S. Performance analysis of space-time trellis coded MIMO-OFDM systems [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2015.

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. Powell M. A Blood Feud, Sanitized for Your Displeasure. New York Times. 2017 Aug 13;D3.

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	Neurovascular Imaging
Abbreviation	Neurovasc. Imaging
ISSN (online)	2055-5792
Scope

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