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. Keil FC. Psychology. Science starts early. Science. 2011;331:1022–3.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Raymond PA, Cole JJ. Increase in the export of alkalinity from North America’s largest river. Science. 2003;301:88–91.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Betrouche M, Maamache M, Choi JR. Novel characteristics of energy spectrum for 3D Dirac oscillator analyzed via Lorentz covariant deformed algebra. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3221.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Rong H, Liu A, Jones R, Cohen O, Hak D, Nicolaescu R, et al. An all-silicon Raman laser. Nature. 2005;433:292–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Holmes JD. Great Myths of Education and Learning. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2016.

An edited book

1. Murphy MJ, editor. Diagnostic and Prognostic Biomarkers and Therapeutic Targets in Melanoma. New York, NY: Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Yarden A, Norris SP, Phillips LM. Creating and Using Adapted Primary Literature. In: Norris SP, Phillips LM, editors. Adapted Primary Literature: The Use of Authentic Scientific Texts in Secondary Schools. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2015. p. 83–108.

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 Current Translational Geriatrics and Gerontology Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. 6-million-year-old human ancestor was bipedal, yet lived in the trees [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2013 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/6-million-year-old-human-ancestor-was-bipedal-yet-lived-trees/

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. Systemwide Education Reform: Federal Leadership Could Facilitate District-Level Efforts. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1993 Apr. Report No.: HRD-93-97.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Berkowitz AE. Finding a Place for “Cacega Ayuwipi” within the Structure of American Indian Music and Dance Traditions [Doctoral dissertation]. [Boca Raton, FL]: Florida Atlantic University; 2015.

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. Wallace N. The G.O.P. Waits for Trump to Grow Up. New York Times. 2016 Jun 29;A27.

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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