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

Holmes, D. (2014). The cancer that rises with the sun. Nature 515, S110-1.

A journal article with 2 authors

Koyama, K., and Takemoto, S. (2014). Morning reduction of photosynthetic capacity before midday depression. Sci. Rep. 4, 4389.

A journal article with 3 authors

Mili, S., Moissoglu, K., and Macara, I. G. (2008). Genome-wide screen reveals APC-associated RNAs enriched in cell protrusions. Nature 453, 115–119.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Rocks, O., Peyker, A., Kahms, M., Verveer, P. J., Koerner, C., Lumbierres, M., et al. (2005). An acylation cycle regulates localization and activity of palmitoylated Ras isoforms. Science 307, 1746–1752.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Grist, F. (2010). Basic Guide to Orthodontic Dental Nursing. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell.

An edited book

Prakash, H. (2009). Game Theoretic Problems in Network Economics and Mechanism Design Solutions., eds. R. Narayanam, D. Garg, and Y. Narahari. London: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

Ovrén, H., Forssén, P.-E., and Törnqvist, D. (2015). “Improving RGB-D Scene Reconstruction Using Rolling Shutter Rectification,” in New Development in Robot Vision, eds. Y. Sun, A. Behal, and C.-K. R. Chung (Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer), 55–71.

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, E. (2015). Graphene Could Double Electricity Generated From Solar. IFLScience. Available at: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/tweaked-graphene-could-double-electricity-generated-solar/ (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 (2013). Information Security: Federal Communications Commission Needs to Strengthen Controls over Enhanced Secured Network Project. 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

Mete, R. J. (2010). Can STEM initiatives be social justice oriented: An analysis of urban school reform via smaller learning communities. 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

Greenhouse, L. (2007). Justices Hear Arguments About Pacts On Pricing. New York Times, C1.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference (Holmes, 2014).
This sentence cites two references (Holmes, 2014; Koyama and Takemoto, 2014).

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

Two authors: (Koyama and Takemoto, 2014)
Three or more authors: (Rocks et al., 2005)

About the journal

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