How to format your references using the Contraception: X citation style

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

Grayson M. Cannabis. Nature 2015;525:S1.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Veillette A, Davidson D. Immunology: When lymphocytes run out of steam. Nature 2014;510:222–3.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Pollack SE, Dries D, Hulet RG. Universality in three- and four-body bound states of ultracold atoms. Science 2009;326:1683–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Bullock TH, Bennett MVL, Johnston D, Josephson R, Marder E, Fields RD. Neuroscience. The neuron doctrine, redux. Science 2005;310:791–3.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Singleton TW, Singleton AJ. Fraud Auditing and Forensic Accounting. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

[1]

Acuña ST. A Software Process Model Handbook for Incorporating People’s Capabilities. Boston, MA: Springer US; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Ruggeri B, Tommasi T, Sanfilippo S. Effect of Temperature on Fermentative H2 Production by HPB. In: Tommasi T, Sanfilippo S, editors. BioH2 & BioCH4 Through Anaerobic Digestion: From Research to Full-scale Applications, London: Springer; 2015, p. 65–83.

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: X.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Researchers Develop Highly Effective Vaccine To Diarrhea Causing Bacterium. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/researchers-develop-highly-effective-vaccine-diarrhea-causing-bacterium/ (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. Aviation Security: Registered Traveler Program Policy and Implementation Issues. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2002.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Slayton KA. A psychoeducational support group for families of youth experiencing symptoms of schizophrenia: A grant proposal. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Kelly C. An Unorthodox Life Yields a Novelist of Promise. New York Times 2011:A27B.

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: X
ISSN (print)	2590-1516
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