How to format your references using the Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports. 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. Wadman M. Biochemist strikes gold. Nature. 2006;441:689.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Canup RM, Ward WR. A common mass scaling for satellite systems of gaseous planets. Nature. 2006;441:834–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Laxon S, Peacock N, Smith D. High interannual variability of sea ice thickness in the Arctic region. Nature. 2003;425:947–50.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Isalan M, Lemerle C, Michalodimitrakis K, Horn C, Beltrao P, Raineri E, et al. Evolvability and hierarchy in rewired bacterial gene networks. Nature. 2008;452:840–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Ramsinghani M. The Business of Venture Capital. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2014.

An edited book

1. Billett S, Dymock D, Choy S, editors. Supporting Learning Across Working Life: Models, Processes and Practices. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Johnson D, Ayeni O. Avoiding and Managing Complications in ACL Reconstruction. In: Meislin RJ, Halbrecht J, editors. Complications in Knee and Shoulder Surgery: Management and Treatment Options for the Sports Medicine Orthopedist. London: Springer; 2009. p. 53–74.

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 Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. What Would Happen If You Touched A Black Hole? [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/physics/what-would-happen-if-you-touched-black-hole/

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. Electronic Government: Better Information Needed on Agencies’ Implementation of the Government Paperwork Elimination Act. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Sep. Report No.: GAO-01-1100.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ichiyama J. Early goal-directed therapy in adult septic patients [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2014.

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. Court Hears Arguments on Burden of Proof in Age Suits. New York Times. 2008 Apr 24;A19.

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	Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Obstet. Gynecol. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2161-3303
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