How to format your references using the Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology. 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. Glotzer M. The molecular requirements for cytokinesis. Science. 2005;307:1735–9.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Keinan A, Clark AG. Recent explosive human population growth has resulted in an excess of rare genetic variants. Science. 2012;336:740–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Spencer TJ, Osborn T, Kohl PA. Materials science. High-frequency chip connections. Science. 2008;320:756–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Montoya D, Zavala MA, Rodríguez MA, Purves DW. Animal versus wind dispersal and the robustness of tree species to deforestation. Science. 2008;320:1502–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Vilensky JA, Robertson WM, Suárez-Quian CA. The Clinical Anatomy of the Cranial Nerves. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2015.

An edited book

1. Murty KG, editor. Case Studies in Operations Research: Applications of Optimal Decision Making. New York, NY: Springer; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Lu H, Huang S, Li Y, Yang Y. Panel Data Analysis Via Variable Selection and Subject Clustering. In: Yada K, editor. Data Mining for Service. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014. p. 61–76.

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 Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Scientists Generate Sperm Precursors From Skin Cells Of Infertile Men [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/scientists-generate-sperm-precursors-skin-cells-infertile-men/. 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. Engineering Research Centers: NSF Program Management and Industry Sponsorship. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1988 Aug. Report No.: RCED-88-177.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bauer SL. Work-Life Balanced Culture, Work Flexibility, and Inducements: Impact on Perceived Organizational Attractiveness and Job Pursuit Intention [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois 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. Smith M, Davey M, Blinder A. Random Shots on a Deadly Night for Kalamazoo. New York Times. 2016 Feb 21;A1.

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	Neuropsychiatric Electrophysiology
Abbreviation	Neuropsychiatr. Electrophysiol.
ISSN (online)	2055-4788
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