How to format your references using the Current Translational Geriatrics and Gerontology Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Translational Geriatrics and Gerontology Reports. 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. Lake JA. Lynn Margulis (1938-2011). Nature. 2011;480:458.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. O’Brien TG, Kinnaird MF. Conservation. Caffeine and conservation. Science. 2003;300:587.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Gandy S, Naslund J, Nordstedt C. Alzheimer’s disease. Molecular consequences of presenilin-1 mutation. Nature. 2001;411:654–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Kamiya D, Banno S, Sasai N, Ohgushi M, Inomata H, Watanabe K, et al. Intrinsic transition of embryonic stem-cell differentiation into neural progenitors. Nature. 2011;470:503–9.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Hersent O, Petit J-P, Gurle D. IP Telephony. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2005.

An edited book

1. Klink M, editor. Interaction of Immune and Cancer Cells. Vienna: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Dunn DH, Johnson EM, Kemp K, Ganz R, Leon S, Banerji N. Robotic Assisted Operations for Gastroesophageal Reflux. In: Kim KC, editor. Robotics in General Surgery. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. p. 33–54.

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 Current Translational Geriatrics and Gerontology Reports.

Blog post

1. Carpineti A. 6 Months On From Global Bleaching And The Great Barrier Reef Remains In Terrible Danger [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/environment/6-months-on-from-global-bleaching-and-the-great-barrier-reef-remains-in-terrible-danger/

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. Reported Year 2000 (Y2K) Readiness Status of 25 Large School Districts. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1999 Sep. Report No.: AIMD-99-296R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Garcia CA. Tracking chemistry self-efficacy and achievement in a preparatory chemistry course [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tampa, FL]: University of South Florida; 2010.

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. Pilon M. Fighter Who Faked Death Is Sent to Prison for Robbery. New York Times. 2013 Nov 26;B14.

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	Current Translational Geriatrics and Gerontology Reports
ISSN (online)	2162-4941
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