How to format your references using the International Journal of Gerontology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Gerontology. 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

Brody H. Prostate cancer. Nature. 2015;528(7582):S117.

A journal article with 2 authors

Delaval B, Doxsey S. Genetics. Dwarfism, where pericentrin gains stature. Science. 2008;319(5864):732-733.

A journal article with 3 authors

Vassilopoulos G, Wang PR, Russell DW. Transplanted bone marrow regenerates liver by cell fusion. Nature. 2003;422(6934):901-904.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

van Zoest T, Gaaloul N, Singh Y, et al. Bose-Einstein condensation in microgravity. Science. 2010;328(5985):1540-1543.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Quesnel F. Scheduling of Large-Scale Virtualized Infrastructures. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

Dunkelman O, ed. Topics in Cryptology – CT-RSA 2012: The Cryptographers’ Track at the RSA Conference 2012, San Francisco, CA, USA, February 27 – March 2, 2012. Proceedings. Vol 7178. Springer; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

Tan CH. Signcryption Scheme in Multi-user Setting without Random Oracles. In: Matsuura K, Fujisaki E, eds. Advances in Information and Computer Security: Third International Workshop on Security, IWSEC 2008, Kagawa, Japan, November 25-27, 2008. Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer; 2008:64-82.

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 International Journal of Gerontology.

Blog post

Andrew D. If A Nuclear Bomb Is Dropped On Your City, Here’s Where You Should Run And Hide. IFLScience.

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. Mass Transit: Status of New Starts Program and Potential for Bus Rapid Transit Projects. U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Rodriguez F. A Historical Analysis of Euthanasia and Physician-Assisted Suicide in the United States. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach; 2009.

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

Pilon M. Chinese Cabby’s Query Prompted an Epiphany. New York Times. March 26, 2015:F6.

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	International Journal of Gerontology
Abbreviation	Int. J. Gerontol.
ISSN (print)	1873-9598
Scope	Geriatrics and Gerontology