LibGuides: Neuroscience: Citation Tools

Citation Resources

Neuroscience citation style varies. Consult your instructor or the publication you are writing for. Citation style resources are listed below.

WSU Libraries Citation Style Quick Guides
Overview of the more common citation styles including CSE, APA, Chicago, MLA and engineering and agriculture styles.
Journal of Neuroscience
References should be listed in alphabetical order by author surname. The name of the author(s) should be followed by the date in parentheses, the full title of the paper as it appeared in the original, source of the reference(journal title), the volume number, and the first and last pages. Do not number or bullet the references. If the author list for a paper in the references exceeds 20, the paper should be cited as Author A et al.
Citing medicine: The NLM Style Guide for authors, editors, and publishers, 2nd edition
Patrias K. Citing medicine: the NLM style guide for authors, editors, and publishers [Internet]. 2nd ed. Wendling, Daniel L., technical editor. Bethesda (MD): National Library of Medicine (US); 2007

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, 7th ed. by American Psychological Association
Call Number: BF76.7 .P83 2020
ISBN: 9781433832154
Publication Date: 2019-10-01
Available print in Holland and Terrell, Spokane and Vancouver Libraries
Scientific Style and Format, 8th ed. by Council of Science Editors (CSE)
Call Number: T11 .S386 2014
ISBN: 9780226116495
Publication Date: 2014-05-07
Available print in Owen and Vancouver Libraries

When you author a publication, be consistent in the form of your name. The standard format is: Last name, first name (or initial), and middle initial. Many databases may list only your last name and first and middle initials, but it's best to provide the full information if requested.
When you author a publication, be consistent in how you format your affiliating institution, college and department
Register for an ORCID ID to unambiguously track your scholarly output across disciplines and institutions.

Displays the number of articles, articles per year, citations per year, and Relative Citation Ratio from a PubMed query

Understand the Altmetric Donut
The Altmetric Attention Score is an automatically calculated, weighted count of all of the attention a research output has received.

1. Journal Authority

Web of Science Journal Citation Reports®
Impact factor
- The frequency with which the average article in a journal has been cited in a given year
Eigenfactor
- Citations from more significant journals will score higher
SciImago
- Based on Scopus

2. Article Authority

3. Author Authority

H index – means of quantifying output – varies by database – X articles with X citations

4. Citation statistics can vary with self-citing, type of article, discipline, etc. See Using Journal Citation Reports Wisely

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