How to format your references using the AIDS Research and Therapy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for AIDS Research and Therapy. 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

1. Schneier B. Protecting privacy and liberty. Nature. 2001;413:773.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Medlock J, Galvani AP. Optimizing influenza vaccine distribution. Science. 2009;325:1705–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gerstein M, Lan N, Jansen R. Proteomics. Integrating interactomes. Science. 2002;295:284–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Brass AL, Dykxhoorn DM, Benita Y, Yan N, Engelman A, Xavier RJ, et al. Identification of host proteins required for HIV infection through a functional genomic screen. Science. 2008;319:921–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Knowles R. 200 Contractual Problems and their Solutions. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2012.

An edited book

1. Pino RE, Kott A, Shevenell M, editors. Cybersecurity Systems for Human Cognition Augmentation. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Bernig A. Algebraic Integral Geometry. In: Bär C, Lohkamp J, Schwarz M, editors. Global Differential Geometry. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 107–45.

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 AIDS Research and Therapy.

Blog post

1. Carpineti A. Have We Detected A Hint Of A New Force Of Nature? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/have-we-detected-hint-new-force/

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

1. Government Accountability Office. Federal Research: Minor Changes Would Further Improve New NSF Indirect Cost Guidance. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 Jun. Report No.: RCED-93-140.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Butts P. Green Roof Vegetable Production in Three Different Growth Media [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois University; 2017.

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

1. Risen J, Fink S, Savage C. State Secrets Privilege Invoked to Block Testimony in C.I.A. Torture Case. New York Times. 2017 Mar 9;A20.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in square brackets:

This sentence cites one reference [1].
This sentence cites two references [1,2].
This sentence cites four references [1–4].

About the journal

Full journal title	AIDS Research and Therapy
Abbreviation	AIDS Res. Ther.
ISSN (online)	1742-6405
Scope	Molecular Medicine Virology Pharmacology (medical)