How to format your references using the Magnetic Resonance Imaging citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 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

[1]

Hobson A. A model for madness? Nature 2004;430:21.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Bannerman DM, Sprengel R. Neuroscience. Remembering the subtle differences. Science 2007;317:50–1.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Salvadori MR, Nascimento CAO, Corrêa B. Nickel oxide nanoparticles film produced by dead biomass of filamentous fungus. Sci Rep 2014;4:6404.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Le Grand R, Mondloch CJ, Maurer D, Brent HP. Neuroperception. Early visual experience and face processing. Nature 2001;410:890.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Bonneau D, Fatu A, Souchet D. Mixed Lubrication in Hydrodynamic Bearings. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Spence L, Painter-Morland M, editors. Ethics in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises: A Global Commentary. vol. 2. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Chin A, Juhn C. Does Reducing College Costs Improve Educational Outcomes for Undocumented Immigrants? Evidence from State Laws Permitting Undocumented Immigrants to Pay In-State Tuition at State Colleges and Universities. In: Leal DL, Trejo SJ, editors. Latinos and the Economy: Integration and Impact in Schools, Labor Markets, and Beyond, New York, NY: Springer; 2011, p. 63–94.

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 Magnetic Resonance Imaging.

Blog post

[1]

Taub B. Paralyzed Monkeys Walk Again Thanks To Brain Implant. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/paralyzed-monkeys-walk-again-thanks-brain-implant/ (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. Highlights of a GAO Forum: Global Competitiveness: Implications for the Nation’s Higher Education System. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Cox V. A Quantitative Analysis of the Yield Curve: Forecasting the Length and End of a Recession. Doctoral dissertation. Northcentral University, 2015.

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]

Dynarski S. 왜 영재반에서는 흑인과 히스패닉 학생을 보기 힘들까? New York Times 2016:BU6.

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	Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Abbreviation	Magn. Reson. Imaging
ISSN (print)	0730-725X
Scope	Biophysics Biomedical Engineering Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging