How to format your references using the European Review of Aging and Physical Activity citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Review of Aging and Physical Activity. 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. Nielsen J. BIOENGINEERING. Yeast cell factories on the horizon. Science. 2015;349:1050–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Chudinovskikh L, Boehler R. High-pressure polymorphs of olivine and the 660-km seismic discontinuity. Nature. 2001;411:574–7.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Penner JE, Rotstayn LD, Crowley TJ. Indirect aerosol forcing. Science. 2000;290:407a.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Wu J, Huang J, Han X, Xie Z, Gao X. Ecology. Three-Gorges Dam--experiment in habitat fragmentation? Science. 2003;300:1239–40.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Fabozzi FJ. Institutional Investment Management. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2009.

An edited book

1. Günther OP. RFID in Manufacturing. Kletti W, Kubach U, editors. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Brodersen A, Büscher M, Christensen M, Eriksen MA, Grønbæk K, Kristensen JF, et al. Spatial Computing and Spatial Practices. In: Streitz N, Kameas A, Mavrommati I, editors. The Disappearing Computer: Interaction Design, System Infrastructures and Applications for Smart Environments. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007. p. 77–95.

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 European Review of Aging and Physical Activity.

Blog post

1. Luntz S. Survival Of Dust Disks Near Galactic Center A Mystery [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/space/survival-dust-disks-near-galactic-center-mystery/. 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. Public Transit: Observations on Recent Changes to the Capital Investment Grant Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016 Apr. Report No.: GAO-16-495.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Klippel SA. The Celtic siren: A case study of William Sharp’s seduction experience in which the numinous other is understood and interpreted [Doctoral dissertation]. [Carpinteria, CA]: Pacifica Graduate Institute; 2005.

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. Hernández JC. From His Father’s Decline, de Blasio ‘Learned What Not to Do.’ New York Times. 2013 Oct 14;A1.

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	European Review of Aging and Physical Activity
Abbreviation	Eur. Rev. Aging Phys. Act.
ISSN (print)	1813-7253
ISSN (online)	1861-6909
Scope	Geriatrics and Gerontology