How to format your references using the The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience. 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. Gibson M. Conservation. Fate of Iraqi archaeology. Science. 2003;299:1848–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Verheyden JM, Sun X. An Fgf/Gremlin inhibitory feedback loop triggers termination of limb bud outgrowth. Nature. 2008;454:638–41.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Cubrović M, Zaanen J, Schalm K. String theory, quantum phase transitions, and the emergent Fermi liquid. Science. 2009;325:439–44.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kulkarni A, Kim B, Dugasani SR, Joshirao P, Kim JA, Vyas C, et al. A novel nanometric DNA thin film as a sensor for alpha radiation. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2062.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Chan NH, Wong HY. Simulation Techniques in Financial Risk Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

1. Montgomery A, Kehoe I, editors. Reimagining the Purpose of Schools and Educational Organisations: Developing Critical Thinking, Agency, Beliefs in Schools and Educational Organisations. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Diamantis VI, Vaiopoulou E, Aivasidis A. Fundamentals and Applications of Anaerobic Digestion For Sustainable Treatment of Food Industry Wastewater. In: Oreopoulou V, Russ W, editors. Utilization of By-Products and Treatment of Waste in the Food Industry. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2007. p. 73–97.

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 Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Vast Diversity Found in Genetics of Mexico [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/vast-diversity-found-genetics-mexico/

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. Examination of the Treatment of Peer Reviewers’ Comments on Support for the “Individualized Science Instructional System” Project. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976 Jan. Report No.: MWD-76-78.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Thompson P. An exploratory study of work-related imagined interactions with real-life coworkers [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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. Kenigsberg B. Out of Iraq, Still Scanning for Roadside Bombs in Kansas. New York Times. 2017 Oct 26;C9.

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	The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience
Abbreviation	J. Math. Neurosci.
ISSN (online)	2190-8567
Scope	Neuroscience (miscellaneous)