How to format your references using the Neurology citation style

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

Hughes AL. Strength in numbers. Nature. 2002;417:795.

A journal article with 2 authors

Rothenberg KH, Terry SF. Human genetics. Before it’s too late--addressing fear of genetic information. Science. 2002;297:196–197.

A journal article with 3 authors

Khor B, Gardet A, Xavier RJ. Genetics and pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Nature. 2011;474:307–317.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Dodd AN, Salathia N, Hall A, et al. Plant circadian clocks increase photosynthesis, growth, survival, and competitive advantage. Science. 2005;309:630–633.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Micouin P. Model-Based Systems Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

Sunico-Segarra M. A Practical Clinical Guide to Resin Cements. Segarra A, editor. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Lu C, Mai Y-W, Shen Y-G. The Origin of Superhardness in Nanocomposite Coatings: Analysis of Nanoindentation and Scratch Tests. In: Bai YL, Zheng QS, Wei YG, editors. IUTAM Symposium on Mechanical Behavior and Micro-Mechanics of Nanostructured Materials: Proceedings of the IUTAM Symposium held in Beijing, China, June 27–30, 2005. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2007. p. 39–49.

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 Neurology.

Blog post

Davis J. Could Calcite Be Used For Geoengineering? [online]. IFLScience IFLScience; 2016. Accessed at: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/could-calcite-be-used-for-geoengineering/. 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. Mass Transit: Challenges in Evaluating, Overseeing, and Funding Major Transit Projects. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000 Mar. Report No.: T-RCED-00-104.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Esmaili G. Application of Advanced Power Electronics in Renewable Energy Sources and Hybrid Generating Systems [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2006.

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

Crow K. Fish Are Running, Not the Meter. New York Times. 2003.:147.

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	Neurology
Abbreviation	Neurology
ISSN (print)	0028-3878
ISSN (online)	1526-632X
Scope	Clinical Neurology