How to format your references using the Contraception citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Contraception. 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]

van Ommen T. Palaeoclimate: Northern push for the bipolar see-saw. Nature 2015;520:630–1.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Adam C, Vidal V. Mantle flow drives the subsidence of oceanic plates. Science 2010;328:83–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Polat EO, Balcı O, Kocabas C. Graphene based flexible electrochromic devices. Sci Rep 2014;4:6484.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Kaiser BK, Yim D, Chow I-T, Gonzalez S, Dai Z, Mann HH, et al. Disulphide-isomerase-enabled shedding of tumour-associated NKG2D ligands. Nature 2007;447:482–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Ni Z, Pacoret C, Benosman R, Régnier S. Haptic Feedback Teleoperation of Optical Tweezers. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

[1]

Borghesi S. The European Emission Trading System and Its Followers: Comparative Analysis and Linking Perspectives. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Rauch A, Baschant U, Tuckermann J. Lessons from Glucocorticoid Receptor Action in Bone: New Ways to Avoid Side Effects of Steroid Therapy. In: Choi Y, editor. Osteoimmunology: Interactions of the Immune and Skeletal Systems, New York, NY: Springer; 2013, p. 31–48.

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 Contraception.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Camera Traps Reveal What’s Happening As Wildlife Reclaims Chernobyl. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/camera-traps-reveal-chernobyls-surprising-biodiversity/ (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

[1]

Government Accountability Office. Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor: Information on the Status and Cost of Needed Improvements. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1995.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Shelby KR. Systems Engineering Knowledge Asset (SEKA) Management for Higher Performing Engineering Teams: People, Process and Technology toward Effective Knowledge-Workers. Doctoral dissertation. George Washington University, 2013.

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]

Greenhouse L. justices decline terrorism case of a u.s. citizen. New York Times 2006:A1.

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	Contraception
Abbreviation	Contraception
ISSN (print)	0010-7824
Scope	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Reproductive Medicine