How to format your references using the World Journal of Neurology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for World Journal of Neurology. 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

Bressanelli S. Structural biology. Kickstarting a viral RNA polymerase. Science 2015; 347: 715–716.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lu T, Wheeler SE. Organic chemistry. Harnessing weak interactions for enantioselective catalysis. Science 2015; 347: 719–720.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kane Dickson V, Pedi L, Long SB. Structure and insights into the function of a Ca(2+)-activated Cl(-) channel. Nature 2014; 516: 213–218.

A journal article with 100 or more authors

Nilsson D-E, Gislén L, Coates MM, Skogh C, Garm A. Advanced optics in a jellyfish eye. Nature 2005; 435: 201–205.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Thie PR, Keough GE. An Introduction to Linear Programming and Game Theory. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Ho T-Y. Full-Chip Nanometer Routing Techniques. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands

A chapter in an edited book

Liu C, Gong Z. Optimal Control of Nonlinear Multistage Systems. In: Gong Z, editor. Optimal Control of Switched Systems Arising in Fermentation Processes. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, 2014: 59–76.

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 World Journal of Neurology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Indian Boy Born With Three Penises. IFLScience. 2015. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/boy-born-three-penises-and-no-anus-successfully-operated/

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. Defaulted Student Loans: Preliminary Analysis of Student Loan Borrowers and Defaulters. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Liyakath RA. Reconfigurable Antenna and RF Circuits Using Multi-Layer Stretchable Conductors. 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

Vecsey G. ‘Mixed Results’ for U.S.; Uncertain Future for Coach. New York Times. 2010; : B10.

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	World Journal of Neurology
ISSN (online)	2218-6212
Scope