How to format your references using the Frontiers in Genetics of Aging citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Frontiers in Genetics of Aging. 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

Frommer, W. B. (2010). Biochemistry. CO2mmon sense. Science 327, 275–276.

A journal article with 2 authors

Chandrashekar, C. M., and Busch, T. (2014). Quantum percolation and transition point of a directed discrete-time quantum walk. Sci. Rep. 4, 6583.

A journal article with 3 authors

Walker, J. J., Spear, J. R., and Pace, N. R. (2005). Geobiology of a microbial endolithic community in the Yellowstone geothermal environment. Nature 434, 1011–1014.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Minamino, T., Morimoto, Y. V., Kinoshita, M., Aldridge, P. D., and Namba, K. (2014). The bacterial flagellar protein export apparatus processively transports flagellar proteins even with extremely infrequent ATP hydrolysis. Sci. Rep. 4, 7579.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Imbriale, W. A. (2005). Large Antennas of the Deep Space Network. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

An edited book

de Souza, G. F. M. ed. (2012). Thermal Power Plant Performance Analysis. London: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Martín-Alcalde, E., Saurí, S., and Ng, A. K. Y. (2016). “Port-Focal Logistics and the Evolution of Port Regions in a Globalized World,” in Dynamic Shipping and Port Development in the Globalized Economy: Volume 2: Emerging Trends in Ports, eds. P. T.-W. Lee and K. Cullinane (London: Palgrave Macmillan UK), 102–127.

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 Frontiers in Genetics of Aging.

Blog post

Andrew, D. (2015). What’s The Number One Reason People Die Early in Your Country? IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/1-reason-people-die-early-your-country/ (Accessed October 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 (2003). Federal Student Aid: Expanding Eligibility for Less Than Halftime Students Could Increase Program Costs, But Benefits Uncertain. Washington, DC: 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

Gowetski, D. B. (2012). Manipulation of DNA topology using an artificial DNA-looping protein. College Park, MD: University of Maryland, College Park.

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

Kwai, I. (2017). Citizenship Costs Senator In Australia Her Position. New York Times, A6.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Frommer, 2010).
This sentence cites two references (Frommer, 2010; Chandrashekar and Busch, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Chandrashekar and Busch, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Minamino et al., 2014)

About the journal

Full journal title	Frontiers in Genetics of Aging
Abbreviation	Front. Genet.
ISSN (online)	1664-8021
Scope	Genetics Molecular Medicine Genetics(clinical)