How to format your references using the EJNMMI Research citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for EJNMMI Research. 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. Murray-Rust P. Chemistry for everyone. Nature. 2008;451:648–51.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Hayashi T, Carthew RW. Surface mechanics mediate pattern formation in the developing retina. Nature. 2004;431:647–52.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Didham RK, Ewers RM, Gemmell NJ. Comment on “Avian extinction and mammalian introductions on oceanic islands.” Science. 2005;307:1412; author reply 1412.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Solovyov VF, Ozaki T, Atrei A, Wu L, Al-Mahboob A, Sadowski JT, et al. Highly efficient solid state catalysis by reconstructed (001) ceria surface. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4627.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Gerardi MH. Troubleshooting the Sequencing Batch Reactor. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

1. Szewczyk R, Zieliński C, Kaliczyńska M, editors. Progress in Automation, Robotics and Measuring Techniques: Volume 2 Robotics. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Thomas S. The Places of the Subject: Abjection and the Transcendent City in Nada and La plaça del Diamant. In: Cordoba A, García-Donoso D, editors. The Sacred and Modernity in Urban Spain: Beyond the Secular City. New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US; 2016. p. 79–98.

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 EJNMMI Research.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Depression Doesn’t Spread Like A Disease, But Good Moods Do [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/depression-doesn-t-spread-disease-good-moods-do/. 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. Examination Into the Manner in Which the Office of Education Is Administering the Teacher Corps Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1971 Mar. Report No.: 093028.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Pearson D. A High-Level Fuzzy Logic Guidance System for an Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) Tasked to Perform an Autonomous Launch and Recovery (ALR) of an Unmanned Underwater Vehicle (UUV) [Doctoral dissertation]. [Boca Raton, FL]: Florida Atlantic University; 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. Koblin J. Ex-Fox Hosts Engage in Feud On Settlement. New York Times. 2017 Oct 23;B1.

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	EJNMMI Research
Abbreviation	EJNMMI Res.
ISSN (online)	2191-219X
Scope	Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging