How to format your references using the Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics. 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

Weyer, S. (2008). Geochemistry. What drives iron isotope fractionation in magma? Science (New York, N.Y.), 320(5883), 1600–1601.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ammerman, A. J., & McClennen, C. E. (2000). URBAN ECOLOGY: Saving Venice. Science (New York, N.Y.), 289(5483), 1301–1302.

A journal article with 3 authors

Chen, S.-H., Chen, W.-R., & Mallamace, F. (2003). The glass-to-glass transition and its end point in a copolymer micellar system. Science (New York, N.Y.), 300(5619), 619–622.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Gidalevitz, T., Ben-Zvi, A., Ho, K. H., Brignull, H. R., & Morimoto, R. I. (2006). Progressive disruption of cellular protein folding in models of polyglutamine diseases. Science (New York, N.Y.), 311(5766), 1471–1474.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Perera, A. H., & Buse, L. J. (2014). Ecology of Wildfire Residuals in Boreal Forests. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

An edited book

Bajd, T. (2010). Robotics (M. Mihelj, J. Lenarcic, A. Stanovnik, & M. Munih, Eds.; Vol. 43). Springer Netherlands.

A chapter in an edited book

Groner, R. (2015). The New Rules of Engagement: Social Media, Online Games, and the New Wave of Digital Conflict and Competition. In G. Einav (Ed.), The New World of Transitioned Media: Digital Realignment and Industry Transformation (pp. 53–61). Springer International Publishing.

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 Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2013, November 5). Man Makes 3D Printed Prosthetic Hand For Son For Only $10. IFLScience; IFLScience. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/man-makes-3d-printed-prosthetic-hand-son-only-10/

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. (1999). Department of Transportation: Credit Assistance for Surface Transportation Projects (OGC-99-50). 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

Robinson, A. C. (2017). A Geophysical and Geological Characterization of the Bonanza 3D Survey, Claiborne Group, Saint Landry and Evangeline Parishes, Louisiana [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

Kanter, J. (2016, September 20). E.U. Opens Investigation of French Utility’s Taxes. New York Times, B5.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Weyer, 2008).
This sentence cites two references (Ammerman & McClennen, 2000; Weyer, 2008).

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

Two authors: (Ammerman & McClennen, 2000)
Three authors: (Chen et al., 2003)
6 or more authors: (Gidalevitz et al., 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
Abbreviation	Arch. Gerontol. Geriatr.
ISSN (print)	0167-4943
Scope	Ageing Geriatrics and Gerontology Gerontology Health(social science)