How to format your references using the Translational Neurodegeneration citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Translational Neurodegeneration. 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. Masocha W. Paclitaxel-induced hyposensitivity to nociceptive chemical stimulation in mice can be prevented by treatment with minocycline. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6719.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Sawa A, Snyder SH. Genetics. Two genes link two distinct psychoses. Science. 2005;310:1128–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Sawamura H, Shima K, Tanji J. Numerical representation for action in the parietal cortex of the monkey. Nature. 2002;415:918–22.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kiernan AE, Pelling AL, Leung KKH, Tang ASP, Bell DM, Tease C, et al. Sox2 is required for sensory organ development in the mammalian inner ear. Nature. 2005;434:1031–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Hood D, Trojer E. Gigabit-Capable Passive Optical Networks. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Cachin C. Introduction to Reliable and Secure Distributed Programming. 2nd ed. Guerraoui R, Rodrigues L, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. López Mazz JM. Archaeology of Historical Conflicts, Colonial Oppression, and Political Violence in Uruguay. In: González-Ruibal A, Moshenska G, editors. Ethics and the Archaeology of Violence. New York, NY: Springer; 2015. p. 71–87.

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 Translational Neurodegeneration.

Blog post

1. Hale T. The Leonid Meteor Shower Peaks TONIGHT - Here’s How To Watch. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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. Air Force Technology Development Underway Throughout the Aerospace Industry. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1973 Oct. Report No.: B-179665.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ward S. Historiography, prophecy, and literature: “Divina retribución” and its underlying ideological agenda [Doctoral dissertation]. [Bloomington, IN]: Indiana University; 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. Brantley B. Next Stop: An a Cappella Subway Journey. New York Times. 2016 Dec 12;C6.

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	Translational Neurodegeneration
Abbreviation	Transl. Neurodegener.
ISSN (online)	2047-9158
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