How to format your references using the European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. 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]

Smaglik P. Lessons in career planning. Nature 2002;418:3.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Jones PA, Takai D. The role of DNA methylation in mammalian epigenetics. Science 2001;293:1068–70.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Haince J-F, Rouleau M, Poirier GG. Transcription. Gene expression needs a break to unwind before carrying on. Science 2006;312:1752–3.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Coleman FC, Figueira WF, Ueland JS, Crowder LB. The impact of United States recreational fisheries on marine fish populations. Science 2004;305:1958–60.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Geren RL. Applying the Building Code. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc; 2016.

An edited book

[1]

Morrison FL, editor. Fiscal Rules - Limits on Governmental Deficits and Debt. vol. 20. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Salomon D, Motta G. Statistical Methods. In: Motta G, editor. Handbook of Data Compression, London: Springer; 2010, p. 211–327.

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 European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Blog post

[1]

Taub B. Scientists Say New AI Can Predict Future Criminals Based On Facial Features. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/technology/scientists-say-new-ai-can-predict-future-criminals-based-facial-features/ (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. Polar Satellites: NOAA Faces Challenges and Uncertainties that Could Affect the Availability of Critical Weather Data. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2016.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Richards O. Teachers’ Perceptions About the Value of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: A Case Study. Doctoral dissertation. Northcentral University, 2017.

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]

Saslow L. Stony Brook Medical Center Names Chief Executive. New York Times 2006:14LI2.

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	European Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Abbreviation	Eur. J. Obstet. Gynecol. Reprod. Biol.
ISSN (print)	0301-2115
Scope	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Reproductive Medicine

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