How to format your references using the Pratique Neurologique - FMC citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Pratique Neurologique - FMC. 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]

Holmes D. Ovarian cancer: beyond resistance. Nature 2015;527:S217.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Ezzati M, Riboli E. Can noncommunicable diseases be prevented? Lessons from studies of populations and individuals. Science 2012;337:1482–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Bradshaw D, Warren JE, Rosseinsky MJ. Reversible concerted ligand substitution at alternating metal sites in an extended solid. Science 2007;315:977–80.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Harris WM, Lombardo JJ, Nelson GJ, Lai B, Wang S, Vila-Comamala J, et al. Three-dimensional microstructural imaging of sulfur poisoning-induced degradation in a Ni-YSZ anode of solid oxide fuel cells. Sci Rep 2014;4:5246.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Davison M. Pharmaceutical Anti-Counterfeiting. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Vieira BC, Salgado AAR, Santos LJC, editors. Landscapes and Landforms of Brazil. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Moore GJ, Puglia FJ, Gulbinska MK. Lithium-ion Cells for High-End Applications. In: Gulbinska MK, editor. Lithium-ion Battery Materials and Engineering: Current Topics and Problems from the Manufacturing Perspective, London: Springer; 2014, p. 89–113.

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 Pratique Neurologique - FMC.

Blog post

[1]

Andrews R. Zika-Carrying Mosquitoes Have Arrived In The United States. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/zikacarrying-mosquitoes-have-arrived-in-the-united-states/ (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. Opinion on the Legality of the Scheduled Transfer of Administrative Responsibility for Certain Law Enforcement Education Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1980.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Tuquero JM. A meta-ethnographic synthesis of support services for adult learners in distance learning programs. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University, 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

[1]

Kelly D. CHILDREN’S BOOKS. New York Times 1993:723.

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	Pratique Neurologique - FMC
ISSN (print)	1878-7762
Scope	Clinical Neurology