How to format your references using the Neurotrauma Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Neurotrauma Reports (NEUR). 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

Goldston D. Financial planning. Nature 2008;454(7205):680.

A journal article with 2 authors

Constantinople CM, Bruno RM. Deep cortical layers are activated directly by thalamus. Science 2013;340(6140):1591–1594.

A journal article with 3 authors

Tilman D, Reich PB, Knops JMH. Biodiversity and ecosystem stability in a decade-long grassland experiment. Nature 2006;441(7093):629–632.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Yokouchi Y, Noijiri Y, Barrie LA, et al. A strong source of methyl chloride to the atmosphere from tropical coastal land. Nature 2000;403(6767):295–298.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Urick VJ Jr, Mckinney JD, Williams KJ. FUNDAMENTALS OF MICROWAVE PHOTONICS. John Wiley & Sons, Inc: Hoboken, NJ; 2015.

An edited book

Rossi D, Gacenga F, Danaher PA, (eds). Navigating the Education Research Maze: Contextual, Conceptual, Methodological and Transformational Challenges and Opportunities for Researchers. Palgrave Studies in Education Research Methods. Springer International Publishing: Cham; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Levering M. God and Natural Law: Reflections on Genesis 22. In: The Threads of Natural Law: Unravelling a Philosophical Tradition. (Contreras FJ. ed) Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht; 2013; pp. 65–83.

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 Neurotrauma Reports.

Blog post

Andrews R. Earthquake Detectors Pick Up Epic “Weather Bomb” On Other Side Of The World. IFLScience; 2016. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/earthquake-detectors-pick-up-epic-weather-bomb-on-other-side-of-the-world/ [Last accessed: 10/30/2018].

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. Air Force Aircraft: Reorganizing Mobility Aircraft Units Could Reduce Costs. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 1998.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Steigner T. A Study of Cross -Border Takeovers: Examining the Impact of National Culture on Internalization Benefits, and the Implications of Early versus Late -Mover Status for Bidders and Their Rivals. Doctoral dissertation. University of South Florida: Tampa, FL; 2008.

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

Pilon M. I.O.C. Reinstates India. New York Times 2014;B18.

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	Neurotrauma Reports
ISSN (online)	2689-288X
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