How to format your references using the American Journal of Reproductive Immunology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for American Journal of Reproductive Immunology. 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 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

Pielke RA Jr. Science policy: policy, politics and perspective. Nature. 2002 Mar 28;416(6879):367–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

Treseder KK, Holden SR. Ecology. Fungal carbon sequestration. Science. 2013 Mar 29;339(6127):1528–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

Sagy A, Reches Z, Fineberg J. Dynamic fracture by large extraterrestrial impacts as the origin of shatter cones. Nature. 2002 Jul 18;418(6895):310–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Young BP, Shin JJH, Orij R, Chao JT, Li SC, Guan XL, et al. Phosphatidic acid is a pH biosensor that links membrane biogenesis to metabolism. Science. 2010 Aug 27;329(5995):1085–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Cooper N, Forrest K, Cramp P. Essential Guide to Acute Care. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing Ltd; 2008.

An edited book

Duparc J, Henzinger TA, editors. Computer Science Logic: 21st International Workshop, CSL 2007, 16th Annual Conference of the EACSL, Lausanne, Switzerland, September 11-15, 2007. Proceedings. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2007. XIV, 600 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 4646).

A chapter in an edited book

Benedikter R, Siepmann K. The Social Dimension: Inequality and Redistributive Policies. Ideas for Reform. In: Benedikter R, Siepmann K, editors. Chile in Transition: Prospects and Challenges for Latin America’s Forerunner of Development. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015. p. 103–25.

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 American Journal of Reproductive Immunology.

Blog post

Fang J. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. City Lizards Evolved Stickier Feet, Longer Legs. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/city-lizards-evolved-stickier-feet-longer-legs/

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. Commercial Space Launch Act: Preliminary Information on Issues to Consider for Reauthorization. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Jun. Report No.: GAO-12-767T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Megowan G. A correlation study of emotional intelligence and behavioral style of bio-pharmaceutical industry District Sales Managers [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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

Walsh MW. Next Chicago School Crisis: Pension Fund. New York Times. 2012 Sep 19;A1.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in parentheses:

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	American Journal of Reproductive Immunology
Abbreviation	Am. J. Reprod. Immunol.
ISSN (print)	1046-7408
ISSN (online)	1600-0897
Scope	Immunology Obstetrics and Gynaecology