How to format your references using the Cognitive Computation citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Cognitive Computation. 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. Lill R. Function and biogenesis of iron-sulphur proteins. Nature. 2009;460:831–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Allison EH, Bassett HR. Climate change in the oceans: Human impacts and responses. Science. 2015;350:778–82.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gordon AL, Susanto RD, Vranes K. Cool Indonesian throughflow as a consequence of restricted surface layer flow. Nature. 2003;425:824–8.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Piperno DR, Ranere AJ, Holst I, Hansell P. Starch grains reveal early root crop horticulture in the Panamanian tropical forest. Nature. 2000;407:894–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Bock R. Handbuch der analytisch-chemischen Aufschlussmethoden. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.

An edited book

1. Tonsberg TA. Understanding Leadership in Complex Systems: A Praxeological Perspective. Henderson JS, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Najafi M, Afsham N, Abolmaesumi P, Rohling R. A Closed-Form Differential Formulation for Ultrasound Spatial Calibration. In: Abolmaesumi P, Joskowicz L, Navab N, Jannin P, editors. Information Processing in Computer-Assisted Interventions: Third International Conference, IPCAI 2012, Pisa, Italy, June 27, 2012 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 44–53.

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 Cognitive Computation.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Endangered Turtle Gets Prosthetic Fin [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/endangered-turtle-gets-prosthetic-fin/. 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. Aircraft Development: Reasons for Recent Cost Growth in the Advanced Tactical Fighter Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991 Feb. Report No.: NSIAD-91-138.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Mylonas A. “Women are the pillars of the family”: Athenian women’s survival strategies during economic crisis [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2014.

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. Gustines GG. Graphic Novels Drawn From Comic-Strip Roots. New York Times. 2015 Sep 7;B2.

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	Cognitive Computation
Abbreviation	Cognit. Comput.
ISSN (print)	1866-9956
ISSN (online)	1866-9964
Scope	Computer Science Applications Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition Cognitive Neuroscience