How to format your references using the Autism in Adulthood citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Autism in Adulthood (AUT). 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

Lellouch E. Planetary science. Titan’s zoo of clouds. Science 2006;311(5758):186–187.

A journal article with 2 authors

Cheng J-X, Xie XS. Vibrational spectroscopic imaging of living systems: An emerging platform for biology and medicine. Science 2015;350(6264):aaa8870.

A journal article with 3 authors

Long MA, Jin DZ, Fee MS. Support for a synaptic chain model of neuronal sequence generation. Nature 2010;468(7322):394–399.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Kuruvilla FG, Shamji AF, Sternson SM, et al. Dissecting glucose signalling with diversity-oriented synthesis and small-molecule microarrays. Nature 2002;416(6881):653–657.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Rittereiser CM, Kochard LE. Top Hedge Fund Investors. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ; 2010.

An edited book

Lorrain P. Magneto-Fluid Dynamics: Fundamentals and Case Studies of Natural Phenomena. (Lorrain F, Houle S. eds). Astronomy and Astrophysics Library. Springer: New York, NY; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

Müller C, Schibli R. Folate Receptor-Targeted Radionuclide Imaging Agents. In: Targeted Drug Strategies for Cancer and Inflammation. (Jackman AL, Leamon CP. eds) Springer US: Boston, MA; 2011; pp. 65–92.

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 Autism in Adulthood.

Blog post

Hale T. There’s Some Really Gross Stuff In A Lot Of Burgers. IFLScience; 2016. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/theres-some-gross-stuff-burgers-according-report/ [Last accessed: 10/30/2018].

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. Aviation Security: DHS Has Made Progress in Securing the Commercial Aviation System, but Key Challenges Remain. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC; 2007.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Lee JY. Socio-Spatial Exclusion Based on Human Activities and Social Networks in Space-Time: A Case Study of Koreans in Columbus, Ohio. Doctoral dissertation. Ohio State University: Columbus, OH; 2008.

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

Kelly C. Texas Film: It’s Not Just About Slackers Anymore. New York Times 2013;A27B.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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	Autism in Adulthood
ISSN (print)	2573-9581
ISSN (online)	2573-959X
Scope