How to format your references using the Autophagy citation style

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

Sappol M. Perceptions of science. The anatomical mission to Burma. Science 2003; 302:232–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

Price DJ, Rosswog S. Producing ultrastrong magnetic fields in neutron star mergers. Science 2006; 312:719–22.

A journal article with 3 authors

Serganov A, Huang L, Patel DJ. Coenzyme recognition and gene regulation by a flavin mononucleotide riboswitch. Nature 2009; 458:233–7.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Mazel CH, Cronin TW, Caldwell RL, Marshall NJ. Fluorescent enhancement of signaling in a mantis shrimp. Science 2004; 303:51.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Agung IGN. Cross Section and Experimental Data Analysis Using Eviews. Singapore: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd; 2011.

An edited book

Hinchey MG, Rash JL, Truszkowski WF, Rouff CA, editors. Formal Approaches to Agent-Based Systems: Third International Workshop, FAABS 2004, Greenbelt, MD, April 26-27, 2004, Revised Selected Papers. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

Amico KR. Adherence to HIV Treatment as Prevention and Preexposure Prophylaxis. In: Eaton LA, Kalichman SC, editors. Biomedical Advances in HIV Prevention: Social and Behavioral Perspectives. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. page 69–108.

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 Autophagy.

Blog post

Andrew D. In Defence Of Racer Snakes – The Demons Of Planet Earth II (They’re Only After A Meal) [Internet]. IFLScience2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]; Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/in-defence-of-racer-snakes-the-demons-of-planet-earth-ii-theyre-only-after-a-meal/

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. Regulatory Guidance Processes: Selected Departments Could Strengthen Internal Control and Dissemination Practices. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2015.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Konzem SR. Tenability and Computability of Generalized Pólya Urns. 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

St. John Kelly E. Patrons Root for the Return of the “Cheers” of Clinton Street. New York Times1998; :147.

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	Autophagy
Abbreviation	Autophagy
ISSN (print)	1554-8627
ISSN (online)	1554-8635
Scope	Cell Biology Molecular Biology