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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Neuroradiology. 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]

Check E. Biologists seek blueprint for international stem-cell effort. Nature 2003;421:102.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Nisbet E, Weiss R. Atmospheric science. Top-down versus bottom-up. Science 2010;328:1241–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Al-Zaid FS, Alhader AA, Al-Ayadhi LY. Altered ghrelin levels in boys with autism: a novel finding associated with hormonal dysregulation. Sci Rep 2014;4:6478.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Cliften P, Sudarsanam P, Desikan A, Fulton L, Fulton B, Majors J, et al. Finding functional features in Saccharomyces genomes by phylogenetic footprinting. Science 2003;301:71–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Noordenbos G. Recovery from Eating Disorders. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2013.

An edited book

[1]

Marraffa M. The Self and its Defenses: From Psychodynamics to Cognitive Science. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Taillandier F, Taillandier P. Risk Management in Construction Project Using Agent-Based Simulation. In: Corchado JM, Bajo J, Kozlak J, Pawlewski P, Molina JM, Gaudou B, et al., editors. Highlights of Practical Applications of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems. The PAAMS Collection: PAAMS 2014 International Workshops, Salamanca, Spain, June 4-6, 2014. Proceedings, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014, p. 34–43.

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 Neuroradiology.

Blog post

[1]

Taub B. Ancient Temple To God Of Wind Discovered Beneath Mexican Supermarket. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/ancient-temple-god-wind-discovered-beneath-mexican-supermarket/ (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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Airport Financing: Smaller Airports Face Future Funding Shortfalls. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Teague HL. A Mixed Methods Study of Online Course Facilitators’ Perceptions of Mobile Technology, Design, and TPaCK Affordances. Doctoral dissertation. Pepperdine University, 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

[1]

Greenhouse L. For the Chief Justice, a Dissent and a Line in the Sand. New York Times 2007:WK12.

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	Journal of Neuroradiology
Abbreviation	J. Neuroradiol.
ISSN (print)	0150-9861
Scope	Clinical Neurology Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiological and Ultrasound Technology