How to format your references using the Acta Neuropathologica Communications citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Acta Neuropathologica Communications. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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. Hochstrasser M. Molecular biology. New proteases in a ubiquitin stew. Science. 2002;298:549–52.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Gao X, Wang K. Strength of stick-slip and creeping subduction megathrusts from heat flow observations. Science. 2014;345:1038–41.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Sakuda A, Hayashi A, Tatsumisago M. Sulfide solid electrolyte with favorable mechanical property for all-solid-state lithium battery. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2261.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Zanella R, Zanghirati G, Cavicchioli R, Zanni L, Boccacci P, Bertero M, et al. Towards real-time image deconvolution: application to confocal and STED microscopy. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2523.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Wells AR, Chiang K. Monetizing Your Data. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

1. George CW, Liu Z, Woodcock J, editors. Domain Modeling and the Duration Calculus: International Training School, Shanghai, China, September 17-21. 2007, Advanced Lectures. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Xu M, Huang C, Zheng S, Shi J. A Design Mode of Streaming Media Transmission and Access in Wireless Video Sensor Network. In: Chaki N, Meghanathan N, Nagamalai D, editors. Computer Networks & Communications (NetCom): Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Networks & Communications. New York, NY: Springer; 2013. p. 47–54.

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 Acta Neuropathologica Communications.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. This Tiny Camera Could Take Real Time Images From Inside Your Arteries [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/tiny-camera-could-take-real-time-images-inside-your-arteries/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. HEW’s Refund Policies of Basic Grants and Other Student Aid Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976 Mar. Report No.: 089573.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Maafi N. Assessment of Volatile Metabolites for In Situ Detection of Fungal Decay of Wood [Doctoral dissertation]. [Mississippi State, MS]: Mississippi State 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

1. Ortved J. In Brooklyn, a Hunt For the Perfect Fit. New York Times. 2017 Aug 2;D3.

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	Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Abbreviation	Acta Neuropathol. Commun.
ISSN (online)	2051-5960
Scope