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Nature Neuroscience (brief communications) Citation Generator
Generate references in Nature Neuroscience (brief communications) from a DOI or link in seconds. CitApp renders this style with citeproc, the same engine as Zotero and Mendeley, so every comma matches the spec. Free for students, no sign-up to try.
What a Nature Neuroscience (brief communications) reference looks like
Nature Neuroscience (brief communications) is a numeric style: sources are cited with a bracketed or superscript number in the order they first appear, and the reference list is numbered to match.
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Journal article
1. Babonis, L.S. & Martindale, M.Q. PNAS 119, e2113701119 (2022).
Book
1. Kuhn, T.S. (University of Chicago Press: 1970).
Web page
1. IPCC (2021).at <https://www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/wg1/>
Journal article with 26 authors
1. Harris, C.R. et al. Nature 585, 357–362 (2020).
Nature Neuroscience (brief communications) at a glance
Read from the style file and checked against the examples above.
- Used mainly in biology.
- In the text, sources are cited with superscript numbers.
- For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
- First names are shortened to initials.
- The reference leaves the DOI out.
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
- The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
- The style file was last updated in June 2014.
The guide this style follows: nature.com
How Nature Neuroscience (brief communications) compares with Trends journals
Where Nature Neuroscience (brief communications) differs:
- Web pages are cited without an access date.
- In the text, sources are cited with superscript numbers.
The same journal article in Trends journals
1. Babonis, L.S. and Martindale, M.Q. (2022) A novel regulatory gene network in cnidarians. PNAS 119, e2113701119
Frequently asked questions
How many authors does Nature Neuroscience (brief communications) list?
For a paper with 26 authors, the reference list names only the first author and shortens the rest.
How does Nature Neuroscience (brief communications) handle DOIs and web pages?
The reference leaves the DOI out. Web pages are cited without an access date.
How is the reference list ordered in Nature Neuroscience (brief communications)?
The reference list is numbered in the order sources are first cited.
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