How to format your references using the The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience. 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. Gould J. Science budget: funding by numbers. Nature. 2014;511:S52-3.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Guiver MD, Lee YM. Materials science. Polymer rigidity improves microporous membranes. Science. 2013;339:284–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Hÿtch MJ, Putaux J-L, Pénisson J-M. Measurement of the displacement field of dislocations to 0.03 A by electron microscopy. Nature. 2003;423:270–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Bernard C, Anderson A, Becker A, Poolos NP, Beck H, Johnston D. Acquired dendritic channelopathy in temporal lobe epilepsy. Science. 2004;305:532–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Adhikari SK. Variational Principles and the Numerical Solution of Scattering Problems. Weinheim, FRG: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2005.

An edited book

1. Lin D, Wang X, Yung M, editors. Information Security and Cryptology: 11th International Conference, Inscrypt 2015, Beijing, China, November 1-3, 2015, Revised Selected Papers. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Potter GB, Gibbs JC, Robbins M, Langdon PE. Equipping with Skills to Manage Anger and Correct Thinking Errors. In: Gibbs JC, Robbins M, Langdon PE, editors. A Comprehensive Cognitive Behavioral Program for Offenders: Responsible Adult Culture. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 141–82.

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 The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Genetic Tweak Makes Mouse Brain Cells Behave Like Primates’ [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/genetic-tweak-makes-mouse-brain-cells-behave-primates/. 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. Transportation Infrastructure: Central Artery/Tunnel Project Faces Financial Uncertainties. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1996 May. Report No.: RCED-96-131.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Oates PE. Leadership transactions impacting transformation [Doctoral dissertation]. [Phoenix, AZ]: University of Phoenix; 2009.

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. Gorman J. Older Bonobos Could Sure Use Some Glasses. New York Times. 2016 Nov 7;D6.

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	The Journal of Mathematical Neuroscience
Abbreviation	J. Math. Neurosci.
ISSN (online)	2190-8567
Scope	Neuroscience (miscellaneous)