How to format your references using the AGE citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for AGE. 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 references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles 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

Hynek BM (2004) Implications for hydrologic processes on Mars from extensive bedrock outcrops throughout Terra Meridiani. Nature 431:156–159

A journal article with 2 authors

Huismans R, Beaumont C (2011) Depth-dependent extension, two-stage breakup and cratonic underplating at rifted margins. Nature 473:74–78

A journal article with 3 authors

Bowman GD, O’Donnell M, Kuriyan J (2004) Structural analysis of a eukaryotic sliding DNA clamp-clamp loader complex. Nature 429:724–730

A journal article with 5 or more authors

Murray CD, Chavez C, Beurle K, et al (2005) How Prometheus creates structure in Saturn’s F ring. Nature 437:1326–1329

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Hitz CB, Ewing J, Hecht J (2012) Introduction to Laser Technology. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ

An edited book

Veasey SC (ed) (2009) Oxidative Neural Injury. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ

A chapter in an edited book

Lin TY, Xiao Y, Yang C, et al (2016) Manufacturing Capability Service Modeling, Management and Evaluation for Matching Supply and Demand in Cloud Manufacturing. In: Zhang L, Song X, Wu Y (eds) Theory, Methodology, Tools and Applications for Modeling and Simulation of Complex Systems: 16th Asia Simulation Conference and SCS Autumn Simulation Multi-Conference, AsiaSim/SCS AutumnSim 2016, Beijing, China, October 8-11, 2016, Proceedings, Part III. Springer, Singapore, pp 35–48

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 AGE.

Blog post

Fang J (2015) Male Wasps Lose Their Heads Warring Over Females In Figs. In: IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/male-wasps-lose-their-heads-warring-over-females-figs/. Accessed 30 Oct 2018

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

Government Accountability Office (1995) Railroad Safety: Status of Efforts to Improve Railroad Crossing Safety. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lazor DL (2010) “Festen”: A celebration (of the imagination!). Doctoral dissertation, California State University, Long Beach

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

Vecsey G (2009) In Assessing Agassi, The Title Tells It All. New York Times SP8

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Hynek 2004).
This sentence cites two references (Hynek 2004; Huismans and Beaumont 2011).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Huismans and Beaumont 2011)
Three or more authors: (Murray et al. 2005)

About the journal

Full journal title	AGE
Abbreviation	Age (Dordr.)
ISSN (print)	0161-9152
ISSN (online)	1574-4647
Scope	Ageing General Medicine Geriatrics and Gerontology