How to format your references using the Neuropsychobiology citation style

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

Piattelli-Palmarini M. Grammar: the barest essentials. Nature. 2002 Mar;416(6877):129.

A journal article with 2 authors

Karpicke JD, Roediger HL 3rd. The critical importance of retrieval for learning. Science. 2008 Feb;319(5865):966–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Kaib NA, Raymond SN, Duncan M. Planetary system disruption by Galactic perturbations to wide binary stars. Nature. 2013 Jan;493(7432):381–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Gratten J, Wilson AJ, McRae AF, Beraldi D, Visscher PM, Pemberton JM, et al. A localized negative genetic correlation constrains microevolution of coat color in wild sheep. Science. 2008 Jan;319(5861):318–20.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Grous A. Applied Metrology for Manufacturing Engineering. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2011.

An edited book

Grueau C, Gustavo Rocha J, editors. Geographical Information Systems Theory, Applications and Management: First International Conference, GISTAM 2015, Barcelona, Spain, April 28-30, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. 1st ed. 2016. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Kayama M, Okamoto T. LAPCHAT: A Contents-Sharable Management System for Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. In: Tatnall A, Okamoto T, Visscher A, editors. Knowledge Management for Educational Innovation: IFIP WG 3.7 7th Conference on Information Technology in Educational Management (ITEM), Hamamatsu, Japan, July 23–26, 2006. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2007; pp 33–42.

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 Neuropsychobiology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Two New Materials Mimic Octopus-Like Camouflage [Internet]. IFLScience. 2014 Sep [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/two-new-materials-mimic-octopus-camouflage/

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. Test and Evaluation: Description of Projects in DOD’s Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ugwu RI. Perceptions of elementary teachers from an urban school district in Southern California regarding their inquiry-based science instructional practices, assessment methods, and professional development. 2012

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

Rojas R, Harris EA. Charge of Duct-Tape Assault at a School. New York Times. 2015 Oct;A29.

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	Neuropsychobiology
Abbreviation	Neuropsychobiology
ISSN (print)	0302-282X
ISSN (online)	1423-0224
Scope	Psychiatry and Mental health Biological Psychiatry Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology