How to format your references using the Journal of Neuroimaging citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Neuroimaging (JON). 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

Matyjaszewski K. Chemistry. Architecturally complex polymers with controlled heterogeneity. Science 2011;333:1104–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Freeman MP, Watkins NW. Auroral and space physics. The heavens in a pile of sand. Science 2002;298:979–80.

A journal article with 3 authors

Acevedo A, Brodsky L, Andino R. Mutational and fitness landscapes of an RNA virus revealed through population sequencing. Nature 2014;505:686–90.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Mitzi DB, Kosbar LL, Murray CE, Copel M, Afzali A. High-mobility ultrathin semiconducting films prepared by spin coating. Nature 2004;428:299–303.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hahn-Deinstrop E. Dünnschicht-Chromatographie. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. ; 2006.

An edited book

Schwartz CL, Hobbie WL, Constine LS, Ruccione KS, eds. Survivors of Childhood and Adolescent Cancer: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Second Edition. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer. ; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

Sabouri V, Femenías P. Two Case Studies in Energy Efficient Renovation of Multi-family Housing; Explaining Robustness as a Characteristic to Assess Long-Term Sustainability. In: Hakansson A, Höjer M, Howlett RJ, Jain LC, eds. Sustainability in Energy and Buildings: Proceedings of the 4th International Conference in Sustainability in Energy and Buildings (SEB´12). Vol Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013:45–57.

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 Journal of Neuroimaging.

Blog post

Carpineti A. Watch The Perseid Meteor Shower Online. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/space/watch-the-perseid-meteor-shower-online/. accessed October 30, 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

Government Accountability Office. Information Technology: FDA Has Taken Steps to Address Challenges but Needs a Comprehensive Strategic Plan. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office. ; 2015.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Zaarour M. Enhancing the foster care experience of children with autism: A grant proposal. 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

Healy J, Pérez-Peña R, Blinder A. Stalled Over Gulf, Storm Deepens Texans’ Soggy Misery. New York Times. . August 30, 2017:A1.

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	Journal of Neuroimaging
ISSN (print)	1051-2284
ISSN (online)	1552-6569
Scope