Neuron Referencing Guide
(updated Mar 2024)


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How to do citations in Neuron style?

This is the Citationsy guide to Neuron 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 Neuron.

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

Books are written works or compositions that have been published, many of which might be in digital version. Here’s how to cite a book in Neuron

Here’s an example book citation in Neuron using placeholders:
Last Name, F.N. (2000). Title (City: Publisher).
So if we want to cite, for example, “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” by Maya Angelou we’d do so like this:
Neuron citation:
Angelou, M. (1969). I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (New York: Random House).
And an in-text citation book citation in Neuron looks like this: (Angelou, 1969)


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How to reference a journal article in the Neuron citation style?

How do you cite scientific papers in Neuron format?

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

Here’s a Neuron journal citation example using placeholders:
Author1 LastnameA.F., and Author3 LastnameA.F. (2000). Title. Container Volume, pages Used.
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 Neuron: