How to format your references using the NeuroMetals citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for NeuroMetals. 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. Koen D. Nuts and bolts. Networking for introverts. Nature. 2005;434:120.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Clardy J, Walsh C. Lessons from natural molecules. Nature. 2004;432:829–37.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Blackstone E, Morrison M, Roth MB. H2S induces a suspended animation-like state in mice. Science. 2005;308:518.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Suzuki HI, Yamagata K, Sugimoto K, Iwamoto T, Kato S, Miyazono K. Modulation of microRNA processing by p53. Nature. 2009;460:529–33.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Souza de Cursi E. Variational Methods for Engineers with Matlab®. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2015.

An edited book

1. Barranger JA. Lysosomal Storage Disorders. Cabrera-Salazar MA, editor. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Michalke T, Fritsch J, Goerick C. Enhancing Robustness of a Saliency-Based Attention System for Driver Assistance. In: Gasteratos A, Vincze M, Tsotsos JK, editors. Computer Vision Systems: 6th International Conference, ICVS 2008 Santorini, Greece, May 12-15, 2008 Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 43–55.

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 NeuroMetals.

Blog post

1. Andrews R. This Incredible 50-Million-Year-Old Amber Shows The Moment An Insect Literally Jumped Out Of Its Skin [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/this-incredible-50millionyearold-amber-shows-the-moment-an-insect-literally-jumped-out-of-its-skin/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. Financial Markets: Preliminary Observations on the October 1987 Crash. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1988 Jan. Report No.: GGD-88-38.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Castan JU. Congruence x employment tenure: A study with transitioning youth with disabilities [Doctoral dissertation]. [College Park, MD]: University of Maryland, College Park; 2010.

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. Pendleton I. THE HIGHWAY BEAUTIFUL; Private Citizens and State Officials Cooperate to Create Natural Scenery Along Paved Roads. New York Times. 1934 Mar 25;DRAMA SCREEN MUSIC RADIO FASHIONS ARTX12.

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	NeuroMetals
ISSN (online)	2058-1645
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