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]

Seehausen O. Evolution: Beauty varies with the light. Nature 2015; 521:34–35.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Wu J, Izpisua Belmonte JC. Stem cells: A designer’s guide to pluripotency. Nature 2014; 516:172–173.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Kinoshita T, Wenger T, Weiss DS. A quantum Newton’s cradle. Nature 2006; 440:900–903.

A journal article with 13 or more authors

[1]

Bessell PR, Searle KR, Auty HK, Handel IG, Purse BV, Bronsvoort BMD. Epidemic potential of an emerging vector borne disease in a marginal environment: Schmallenberg in Scotland. Sci Rep 2013; 3:1178.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Gottlieb I. Next Generation Excel. 2 Clementi Loop, #02-01, Singapore 129809: John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte. Ltd.; 2009.

An edited book

[1]

Hamblen JO. Rapid Prototyping of Digital Systems. QUARTUS® II EDITION. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2006.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Pettit P. Law, Liberty and Reason. In: Bongiovanni G, Sartor G, Valentini C (eds.), Reasonableness and Law. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009:109–128.

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]

Andrew E. Why Do Wet Dogs Stink So Much?; 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/why-do-wet-dogs-stink/. 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. Aviation Safety: Installation of Smoke Detection and Fire Suppression Systems in U.S. Transport Aircraft. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1997.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Lackey GM. The efficacy of using a natural soil additive for the establishment, survival and diversity of native prairie and spontaneously colonizing plant communities on unirrigated green roofs in a humid subtropical climate. Doctoral dissertation. Mississippi State University, 2015.

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]

Robbins J, Sulzberger AG. Onboard Device Could Offer Clue to Montana Crash. New York Times 2009:A21.

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