How to format your references using the Aging Cell citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Aging Cell. 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	Download the output style file
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

Choi JR (2014) A novel method for analyzing complicated quantum behaviors of light waves in oscillating turbulent plasma. Sci. Rep. 4, 6880.

A journal article with 2 authors

Hajnóczky G & Hoek JB (2007) Cell signaling. Mitochondrial longevity pathways. Science 315, 607–609.

A journal article with 3 authors

Lane M, Robker RL & Robertson SA (2014) Parenting from before conception. Science 345, 756–760.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Mahata B, Mukherjee S, Mishra S, Bandyopadhyay A & Adhya S (2006) Functional delivery of a cytosolic tRNA into mutant mitochondria of human cells. Science 314, 471–474.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Ambaum MHP (2010) Thermal Physics of the Atmosphere, Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Chen W, Yin G, Zhao G, Han Q, Jing W, Sun G & Lu Z eds. (2016) Big Data Technology and Applications: First National Conference, BDTA 2015, Harbin, China, December 25-26, 2015. Proceedings 1st ed. 2016., Singapore: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Pardo A (2005) Combining Datatypes and Effects. In V. Vene & T. Uustalu, eds. Advanced Functional Programming: 5th International School, AFP 2004, Tartu, Estonia, August 14 – 21, 2004, Revised Lectures. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer, pp.171–209.

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 Aging Cell.

Blog post

Andrew D (2017) Five Of The Most Explosive Non-Nuclear Chemicals Ever Made. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/chemistry/five-of-the-most-explosive-nonnuclear-chemicals-ever-made/ [Accessed October 30, 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 (2012) Spectrum Management: Federal Government’s Use of Spectrum and Preliminary Information on Spectrum Sharing, Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Roth MM (2017) Depositional Environment of the Carbonate Cap Rock at the Pine Prairie Field, Evangeline Parish, Louisiana: Implications of Salt Diapirism on Cook Mountain Reservoir Genesis. Doctoral dissertation. Lafayette, LA: University of Louisiana.

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

Otis J (2016) A ‘Do It’ Kind of Woman Waits for the Strength to Get Back to Being Herself. New York Times, A24.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Choi 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Choi 2014; Hajnóczky & Hoek 2007).

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

Two authors: (Hajnóczky & Hoek 2007)
Three or more authors: (Mahata et al. 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	Aging Cell
Abbreviation	Aging Cell
ISSN (print)	1474-9718
ISSN (online)	1474-9726
Scope	Ageing Cell Biology