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]

Foulger GR. Geophysics. Toward “supervolcano” technology. Science 2006;313:768–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Farmer JD, Foley D. The economy needs agent-based modelling. Nature 2009;460:685–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Tingley MW, Estes LD, Wilcove DS. Ecosystems: climate change must not blow conservation off course. Nature 2013;500:271–2.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Linnen CR, Kingsley EP, Jensen JD, Hoekstra HE. On the origin and spread of an adaptive allele in deer mice. Science 2009;325:1095–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Pascoe N. Reliability Technology. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Hayat MA, editor. Tumors of the Central Nervous System, Volume 2: Gliomas: Glioblastoma (Part 2). vol. 2. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Aboul-Hosn K, Kozen D. Local Variable Scoping and Kleene Algebra with Tests. In: Schmidt RA, editor. Relations and Kleene Algebra in Computer Science: 9th International Conference on Relational Methods in Computer Science and 4th International Workshop on Applications of Kleene Algebra, RelMiCS/AKA 2006, Manchester, UK, August 29–September 2, 2006. Proceedings, Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2006, p. 78–90.

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]

Luntz S. Bacteria Can Make Zero-Viscosity Superfluids. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/physics/bacteria-can-make-zero-viscosity-superfluids/ (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. College Debit Cards: Actions Needed to Address ATM Access, Student Choice, and Transparency. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2014.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Vail AS. The gift of noetic image: Spontaneous imagery and psychological well-being in women with breast cancer. Doctoral dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2012.

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]

Gurley G. Karaoke and Confession. New York Times 2016:D4.

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