How to format your references using the Fluids and Barriers of the CNS citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Fluids and Barriers of the CNS. 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. Stone R. HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS: CERN Link Breathes Life Into Russian Physics. Science. 2000;290:250–2.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. West PM, Packer C. Sexual selection, temperature, and the lion’s mane. Science. 2002;297:1339–43.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Li J, Zhu L, Gummerum M. The relationship between moral judgment and cooperation in children with high-functioning autism. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4314.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Allen CDC, Okada T, Tang HL, Cyster JG. Imaging of germinal center selection events during affinity maturation. Science. 2007;315:528–31.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Pommier S, Gravouil A, Combescure A, Moës N. Extended Finite Element Method for Crack Propagation. Hoboken, NJ USA: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Sobh T, editor. Advances in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Belsky J. The Determinants of Parenting in GxE Perspective: A Case of Differential Susceptibility? In: Booth A, McHale SM, Landale NS, editors. Biosocial Foundations of Family Processes. New York, NY: Springer; 2011. p. 61–8.

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 Fluids and Barriers of the CNS.

Blog post

1. Hale T. How To Watch The Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower Tonight. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. The Impact of Federal Commodity Donations on the School Lunch Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1977 Jan. Report No.: CED-77-32.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Vado PF. Foster Care Independence Act of 1999: A policy analysis [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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

1. Gustines GG. Captain America’s Mom: Some Shocking News. New York Times. 2016 May 26;C3.

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	Fluids and Barriers of the CNS
Abbreviation	Fluids Barriers CNS
ISSN (online)	2045-8118
Scope	General Medicine Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Developmental Neuroscience Neurology