How to format your references using the Neuroendocrinology citation style

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

Sappol M. Perceptions of science. The anatomical mission to Burma. Science. 2003 Oct;302(5643):232–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Lorincz A, Nusser Z. Molecular identity of dendritic voltage-gated sodium channels. Science. 2010 May;328(5980):906–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Forde SE, Thompson JN, Bohannan BJM. Adaptation varies through space and time in a coevolving host-parasitoid interaction. Nature. 2004 Oct;431(7010):841–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kumar KK, Rajagopalan B, Hoerling M, Bates G, Cane M. Unraveling the mystery of Indian monsoon failure during El Niño. Science. 2006 Oct;314(5796):115–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

McDonnell G, Sheard D. A Practical Guide to Decontamination in Healthcare. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

Boullata JI, Armenti VT, editors. Handbook of Drug-Nutrient Interactions. 2nd ed. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

Swami R, Kumar D, Khan W, Sistla R, Shastri N. Polymer–Drug Conjugate in Focal Drug Delivery. In: Domb AJ, Khan W, editors. Focal Controlled Drug Delivery. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2014; pp 117–47.

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 Neuroendocrinology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Enormous Centipede Spotted in Texas [Internet]. IFLScience. 2015 Jul

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. NASA: Issues Surrounding the Transition from the Space Shuttle to the Next Generation of Human Space Flight Systems. 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

Robey AM. The Benefits of Testing: Individual Differences Based on Student Factors. 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

David Goodman J. Mayor Fills Key Position in City’s Effort to Combat Rise in Homelessness. New York Times. 2016 Jan;A21.

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	Neuroendocrinology
Abbreviation	Neuroendocrinology
ISSN (print)	0028-3835
ISSN (online)	1423-0194
Scope	Endocrinology Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Endocrine and Autonomic Systems