How to format your references using the Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction (APJR). 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 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

[1]

Benjamin S. QUANTUM CRYPTOGRAPHY: Single Photons. Science 2000;290(5500):2273–2274.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Walker MJ, Beatson SA. Epidemiology. Outsmarting outbreaks. Science 2012;338(6111):1161–1162.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Pawlowski B, Dunbar RI, Lipowicz A. Tall men have more reproductive success. Nature 2000;403(6766):156.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Cao D, Yang L, Liu L, Yuan H, Qian S, Lv X, et al. A comparison of nifedipine and tamsulosin as medical expulsive therapy for the management of lower ureteral stones without ESWL. Sci Rep 2014;4:5254.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

McConnell J. Index of Medical Imaging. Wiley-Blackwell: Oxford, UK, 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Hutto C (ed.). Congenital and Perinatal Infections: A Concise Guide to Diagnosis. Humana Press: Totowa, NJ, 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Karaenke P, Schuele M, Micsik A, Kipp A. Inter-organizational Interoperability through Integration of Multiagent, Web Service, and Semantic Web Technologies. In: Fischer K, Müller JP, Levy R, editors. Agent-Based Technologies and Applications for Enterprise Interoperability: International Workshops ATOP 2009, Budapest, Hungary, May 12, 2009, and ATOP 2010, Toronto, ON, Canada, May 10, 2010, Revised Selected Papers. Springer: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2012: 55–75.

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 Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Imposter Nanosponges Fight Antibiotic-Resistant Infection. IFLScience. 2015.

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. Transportation Security Administration: More Clarity on the Authority of Federal Security Directors Is Needed. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 2005.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Hariharan SB. The Structure of the Blue Whirl: A Soot-Free Reacting Vortex Phenomenon. 2017.

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]

Isaac M, Chira S. Potshot by Uber Director Prompts a Swift Backlash. New York Times. 2017;:A16.

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	Asian Pacific Journal of Reproduction
Abbreviation	Asian Pac. J. Reprod.
ISSN (print)	2305-0500
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology Plant Science Obstetrics and Gynaecology Reproductive Medicine General Veterinary

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