How to format your references using the Neurobiology of Aging Science citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Neurobiology of Aging Science. 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]

Wang Q. Rural students are being left behind in China. Nature 2014;510:445.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Zhou J, Guo LJ. Transition from a spectrum filter to a polarizer in a metallic nano-slit array. Sci Rep 2014;4:3614.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Chao BF, Wu YH, Li YS. Impact of artificial reservoir water impoundment on global sea level. Science 2008;320:212–4.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Frescas D, Guardavaccaro D, Bassermann F, Koyama-Nasu R, Pagano M. JHDM1B/FBXL10 is a nucleolar protein that represses transcription of ribosomal RNA genes. Nature 2007;450:309–13.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Staudt G. Experimentalphysik. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2001.

An edited book

[1]

Vincent J-L, editor. Annual Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2015. vol. 2015. 1st ed. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Smith GA. Nurturing Civic Involvement. In: Smith H, McDermott JC, editors. The Foxfire Approach: Inspiration for Classrooms and Beyond, Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2016, p. 19–30.

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 Neurobiology of Aging Science.

Blog post

[1]

Hale T. Chile Creates 11 Million Acres Of New National Parks. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/chile-creates-11-million-acres-of-new-national-parks/ (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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Meeting the Government’s Technology Challenge: Results of a GAO Symposium. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Tian CY. Studies of equilibrium conditions in housing markets. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University, 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]

Kelly C. Living With the Sweet Smell of Sap. New York Times 2011:C25.

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	Neurobiology of Aging Science
ISSN (print)	2589-9589
Scope

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