How to format your references using the The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma. 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

Kushner JA. Development. Esophageal stem cells, where art thou? Science. 2012;337(6098):1051-1052.

A journal article with 2 authors

Göndör A, Ohlsson R. Chromosome crosstalk in three dimensions. Nature. 2009;461(7261):212-217.

A journal article with 3 authors

Tosca NJ, Knoll AH, McLennan SM. Water activity and the challenge for life on early Mars. Science. 2008;320(5880):1204-1207.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Albert BB, Derraik JGB, Brennan CM, et al. Higher omega-3 index is associated with increased insulin sensitivity and more favourable metabolic profile in middle-aged overweight men. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6697.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cooney KA, Chappell JR, Callan RJ, Connally BA. Veterinary Euthanasia Techniques. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,; 2012.

An edited book

Kelemen J, Kelemenová A, eds. Computation, Cooperation, and Life: Essays Dedicated to Gheorghe Păun on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday. Vol 6610. Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

Hodicky J. Autonomous Systems Operationalization Gaps Overcome by Modelling and Simulation. In: Hodicky J, ed. Modelling and Simulation for Autonomous Systems: Third International Workshop, MESAS 2016, Rome, Italy, June 15-16, 2016, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer International Publishing; 2016:40-47.

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 The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma.

Blog post

Luntz S. Group Files Lawsuit Against Kansas For Teaching Science In Science Class. IFLScience. Published December 30, 2014. Accessed October 30, 2018. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/science-curriculum-back-kansas-courtrooms/

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. Truck Safety: The Safety of Longer Combination Vehicles Is Unknown. U.S. Government Printing Office; 1992.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Kamph M. Examining Commodity, Agency, and Value: Prehistoric French Replicas, Casts, and “Frauds” within the National Museum of Natural History’s Collection. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University; 2017.

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

Rojas R. During Rikers Upheaval, the ‘Prettiest Village in Maine’ Beckoned. New York Times. April 30, 2017:A17.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	The Indian Journal of Neurotrauma
ISSN (print)	0973-0508
Scope