How to format your references using the Biology of Reproduction citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Biology of Reproduction. 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

[1]

Loder N. Northern lobby attacks UK synchrotron siting. Nature 2000; 404:323.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Ruskov R, Tahan C. Quantum Processing. Catching the quantum sound wave. Science 2014; 346:165–166.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Juanes-Marcos JC, Althorpe SC, Wrede E. Theoretical study of geometric phase effects in the hydrogen-exchange reaction. Science 2005; 309:1227–1230.

A journal article with 13 or more authors

[1]

Guo HF, Tong J, Hannan F, Luo L, Zhong Y. A neurofibromatosis-1-regulated pathway is required for learning in Drosophila. Nature 2000; 403:895–898.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Devolder P, Janssen J, Manca R. Stochastic Methods for Pension Funds. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2012.

An edited book

[1]

Li X. Precipitation Modeling and Quantitative Analysis. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2012.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Khong TY. The Placenta and Umbilical Cord. In: Khong TY, Malcomson RDG (eds.), Keeling’s Fetal and Neonatal Pathology. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2015:85–121.

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 Biology of Reproduction.

Blog post

[1]

Hale T. The Second Case Of ‘Down’s Syndrome’ In A Chimp Has Been Reported By Scientists; 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/the-second-case-of-downs-syndrome-in-a-chimp-has-been-reported-by-scientists/. Accessed 30 October 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. Early Childhood Programs: Many Poor Children and Strained Resources Challenge Head Start. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Shockley C. Mental health parity law: A policy analysis. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 2010.

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]

Neuman W. Colombia’s President Reinstates a Mayor He Ousted. New York Times 2014:A10.

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	Biology of Reproduction
Abbreviation	Biol. Reprod.
ISSN (print)	0006-3363
ISSN (online)	1529-7268
Scope	Cell Biology General Medicine