How to format your references using the Current Translational Geriatrics and Gerontology Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Translational Geriatrics and Gerontology Reports. 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 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

1. Grimes RN. William Nunn Lipscomb Jr (1919-2011). Nature. 2011;473:286.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Gosu V, Choi S. Structural dynamic analysis of apo and ATP-bound IRAK4 kinase. Sci Rep. 2014;4:5748.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Shapiro L, McAdams HH, Losick R. Generating and exploiting polarity in bacteria. Science. 2002;298:1942–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Maxted PFL, Napiwotzki R, Dobbie PD, Burleigh MR. Survival of a brown dwarf after engulfment by a red giant star. Nature. 2006;442:543–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Thiselton AC. 1 & 2 Thessalonians: Through the Centuries. Oxford, UK: Wiley-Blackwell; 2010.

An edited book

1. Dalla Longa R, editor. Urban Models and Public-Private Partnership. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Apel D, Liu W, Bindiganavile V. Simulation of the Effects of Thermo Insulating Shotcrete on the Energy Consumption of Ventilation and Cooling Systems at Deep Underground Mines. In: Drebenstedt C, Singhal R, editors. Mine Planning and Equipment Selection: Proceedings of the 22nd MPES Conference, Dresden, Germany, 14th – 19th October 2013. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014. p. 37–42.

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 Current Translational Geriatrics and Gerontology Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Paralysed Patient Makes Natural Movements Using Robotics And The Power Of Thought [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/paralysed-patient-makes-natural-movements-using-robotics-and-power-thought/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. Aviation Security. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994 Sep. Report No.: RCED-94-307R.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Jakubowski JK. Making character education a reality: An investigation of secondary teachers’ perspectives toward implementation [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2013.

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. Kennan GF. OCT. 28, 1992: No Party Toppled The Soviets. New York Times. 2010 Sep 26;F6.

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	Current Translational Geriatrics and Gerontology Reports
ISSN (online)	2162-4941
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