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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Paediatric Neurology (EJPN). 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	Download the output style file
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

Barrow JD. Einstein as icon. Nature 2005;433(7023):218–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ives AR., Carpenter SR. Stability and diversity of ecosystems. Science 2007;317(5834):58–62.

A journal article with 3 authors

De Moraes CM., Mescher MC., Tumlinson JH. Caterpillar-induced nocturnal plant volatiles repel conspecific females. Nature 2001;410(6828):577–80.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Yasutomo K., Doyle C., Miele L., Fuchs C., Germain RN. The duration of antigen receptor signalling determines CD4+ versus CD8+ T-cell lineage fate. Nature 2000;404(6777):506–10.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Center for Chemical Process Safety. Guidelines for Investigating Chemical Process Incidents. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2003.

An edited book

Ustundag A. The Value of RFID: Benefits vs. Costs. London: Springer; 2013.

A chapter in an edited book

Bogdanovic S. Solidarity Principle as a System Tool for Mitigation of Flood Impacts. In: Hefnawy M, editor. Advances in Food Protection: Focus on Food Safety and Defense. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011. p. 49–55.

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 European Journal of Paediatric Neurology.

Blog post

Andrew D. There’s A Test That Tells You If You’re A “Super-Recognizer” Of Faces, And You Can Take It Right Now. IFLScience.

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. Federal Programs for Education of the Handicapped: Issues and Problems. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1974.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Harris NS. The Impact of Action Learning Experience on Reflective Practice. Doctoral dissertation, George Washington University, Washington, DC, 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

Villarosa L. Done Right, Colonoscopy Takes Time, Study Finds. New York Times 2006:F5.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Paediatr. Neurol.
ISSN (print)	1090-3798
ISSN (online)	1532-2130
Scope	General Medicine Clinical Neurology Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health