How to format your references using the Autophagy citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Autophagy. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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

Khalil AM. Journal club. A geneticist views two theories of X-chromosome inactivation in a broad context. Nature 2009; 458:263.

A journal article with 2 authors

Morone F, Makse HA. Influence maximization in complex networks through optimal percolation. Nature 2015; 524:65–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

Cook-Deegan R, Chandrasekharan S, Angrist M. The dangers of diagnostic monopolies. Nature 2009; 458:405–6.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Schöck F, Reischl J, Wimmer E, Taubert H, Purnell BA, Jäckle H. Phenotypic suppression of empty spiracles is prevented by buttonhead. Nature 2000; 405:351–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Mascia L. Polymers in Industry from A-Z. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2011.

An edited book

Fultz B. Transmission Electron Microscopy and Diffractometry of Materials. Third Edition. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

Clark JP, Lau NC. Piwi Proteins and piRNAs Step onto the Systems Biology Stage. In: Yeo GW, editor. Systems Biology of RNA Binding Proteins. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. page 159–97.

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 Autophagy.

Blog post

Andrew D. Why Did Humans Evolve Big Penises But Small Testicles? [Internet]. IFLScience2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]; Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-did-humans-evolve-big-penises-but-small-testicles/

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. Comparison of Amtrak Employee Injury Settlement Costs Under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act and State Workers’ Compensation Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1988.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Chiang I-C. A historical technique from a modern perspective: The transcription scordatura in Mozart’s Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364. 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

Vecsey G. A Loss, and a Farewell, for the Red Bulls. New York Times2010; :B14.

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	Autophagy
Abbreviation	Autophagy
ISSN (print)	1554-8627
ISSN (online)	1554-8635
Scope	Cell Biology Molecular Biology