How to format your references using the The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry (AJGP). 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

Sloan ED Jr: Fundamental principles and applications of natural gas hydrates Nature 2003; 426:353–363.

A journal article with 2 authors

le Noble F, le Noble J: Bone biology: Vessels of rejuvenation Nature 2014; 507:313–314.

A journal article with 3 authors

Nagashima K, Krot AN, Yurimoto H: Stardust silicates from primitive meteorites Nature 2004; 428:921–924.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

Multani DS, Briggs SP, Chamberlin MA, et al.: Loss of an MDR transporter in compact stalks of maize br2 and sorghum dw3 mutants Science 2003; 302:81–84.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Etube LS: Fatigue and Fracture Mechanics of Offshore Structures Chichester, UK, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2000.

An edited book

Munir M (ed): Peste Des Petits Ruminants Virus Berlin, Heidelberg, Springer, 2015.

A chapter in an edited book

Regenauer-Lieb K, Yuen DA: Multiscale Brittle-Ductile Coupling and Genesis of Slow Earthquakes, in Earthquakes: Simulations, Sources and Tsunamis. Edited by Tiampo KF, Weatherley DK, Weinstein SA, Basel, Birkhäuser, 2008, pp. 523–543.

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 The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.

Blog post

Andrew E: Watch A Giant Water Balloon Explode With A Man Sitting Inside It. IFLScience. July 27, 2015. Available at https://www.iflscience.com/physics/giant-water-balloon-explosion-man-sitting-inside/. 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

Government Accountability Office: FCC: Access to Telecommunications Equipment and Services by Persons With Disabilities Washington, DC, U.S. Government Printing Office, 1996.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Willis TY: Rare but there: An intersectional exploration of the experiences and outcomes of Black women who studied abroad through community college programs 2012.

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

Kelly M: THE 1992 CAMPAIGN: Behind the Scenes; Though Advisers Differ, Clinton’s in Tune With All. New York Times. September 13, 1992:11.

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	The American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
ISSN (print)	1064-7481
ISSN (online)	1545-7214
Scope