BMC Neuroscience Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in BMC Neuroscience style?

This is the Citationsy guide to BMC Neuroscience citations, reference lists, in-text citations, and bibliographies.
The complete, comprehensive guide shows you how easy citing any source can be. Referencing books, youtube videos, websites, articles, journals, podcasts, images, videos, or music in BMC Neuroscience.

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How do you cite a book in the BMC Neuroscience referencing style? (2024 Guide)

A book citation in BMC Neuroscience always includes the author name(s), the publication year, the book title, and the publisher. Here’s an example

Here’s an example book citation in BMC Neuroscience using placeholders:
1. Last Name FN. Title. Edition. City: Publisher; 2000.
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
BMC Neuroscience citation:
1. Angelou M. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. 1st edition. New York: Random House; 1969.
And an in-text citation book citation in BMC Neuroscience looks like this: [1]


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How to reference a journal article in the BMC Neuroscience citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in BMC Neuroscience format?

A journal is a scholarly article that presents research from experts in a certain field. Here’s how to cite a paper in BMC Neuroscience

Here’s a BMC Neuroscience journal citation example using placeholders:
1. Author1 LastnameAF, Author3 LastnameAF. Title. Container. 2000;Volume Issue:pages Used. doi:DOI.
So if we want to reference this scientific article: “Testing consumer preferences for iced-coffee: Does the drinking environment have any influence?” by C. Petit and J.M. Sieffermann in BMC Neuroscience: