How to format your references using the Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition. 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

Schaetz, T. (2015). Quantum physics: Entanglement beyond identical ions. Nature, 528(7582), 337–338.

A journal article with 2 authors

Yagi, M., & Oikawa, S. (2014). Ontogenetic phase shifts in metabolism in a flounder Paralichthys olivaceus. Scientific Reports, 4, 7135.

A journal article with 3 authors

Biankin, A. V., Piantadosi, S., & Hollingsworth, S. J. (2015). Patient-centric trials for therapeutic development in precision oncology. Nature, 526(7573), 361–370.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Karakozova, M., Kozak, M., Wong, C. C. L., Bailey, A. O., Yates, J. R., 3rd, Mogilner, A., Zebroski, H., & Kashina, A. (2006). Arginylation of beta-actin regulates actin cytoskeleton and cell motility. Science (New York, N.Y.), 313(5784), 192–196.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Arthur D. Little, Inc. (2010). Making EHS an Integral Part of Process Design. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

Jajodia, S., & Lopez, J. (Eds.). (2008). Computer Security - ESORICS 2008: 13th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, Málaga, Spain, October 6-8, 2008. Proceedings (Vol. 5283). Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Balle, J. D. (2008). Husserls typisierende Apperzeption und die Phänomenologie dynamischer Intentionalität. In F. Mattens (Ed.), Meaning and Language: Phenomenological Perspectives (pp. 89–104). Springer Netherlands.

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, Neuropsychology, and Cognition.

Blog post

Andrew, D. (2016, August 1). How Do You Know You’re Not Living In A Computer Simulation? IFLScience; IFLScience.

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. (1984). OMB Needs To More Fully Consider Government-Wide Implications in Its Telecommunications Initiatives (IMTEC-84-21). 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

Wright, M. W. (2017). The Louisiana Teacher Assault Pay Statute: An Analysis of Court Decisions Interpreting the Statute and a Comparative Study of Teacher Assault Pay Statutes in Other States [Doctoral dissertation]. 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

Saslow, L. (2008, May 4). Working to Restore Help for AIDS Patients. New York Times, LI5.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Schaetz, 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Schaetz, 2015; Yagi & Oikawa, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Yagi & Oikawa, 2014)
Three authors: (Biankin et al., 2015)
6 or more authors: (Karakozova et al., 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition
Abbreviation	Neuropsychol. Dev. Cogn. B Aging Neuropsychol. Cogn.
ISSN (print)	1382-5585
ISSN (online)	1744-4128
Scope	Geriatrics and Gerontology Psychiatry and Mental health Experimental and Cognitive Psychology Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology