How to format your references using the Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice. 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. Kilpatrick AM. Globalization, land use, and the invasion of West Nile virus. Science. 2011;334:323–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Noudoost B, Moore T. Control of visual cortical signals by prefrontal dopamine. Nature. 2011;474:372–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Hayashi K, Hasegawa J, Matsunaga S. The boundary of the meristematic and elongation zones in roots: endoreduplication precedes rapid cell expansion. Sci Rep. 2013;3:2723.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Mitchell B, Jacobs R, Li J, Chien S, Kintner C. A positive feedback mechanism governs the polarity and motion of motile cilia. Nature. 2007;447:97–101.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Center for Chemical Process Safety. Guidelines for Engineering Design for Process Safety. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2012.

An edited book

1. Pointcheval D, Nitaj A, Rachidi T, editors. Progress in Cryptology – AFRICACRYPT 2016: 8th International Conference on Cryptology in Africa, Fes, Morocco, April 13-15, 2016, Proceedings. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Marin J-M, Robert CP. Capture–Recapture Experiments. In: Robert CP, editor. Bayesian Essentials with R. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. p. 139–71.

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 Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. MBARI Researchers Describe Four New “Killer Sponges.” IFLScience. IFLScience; 2014.

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. FCC’s Decision To Consolidate Licensing Division in Gettysburg, Pa. Was Made Without Adequate Analysis. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1979 Dec. Report No.: CED-80-27.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Tsai H-Y. Elucidating the Role of Protein Cofactors in RNA Catalysis Using Ribonuclease P as the Model System [Doctoral dissertation]. [Columbus, OH]: Ohio State University; 2006.

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. Williams J. Murder, He Wrote. New York Times. 2017 Apr 14;BR6.

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	Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice
Abbreviation	Gynecol. Oncol. Res. Pract.
ISSN (online)	2053-6844
Scope

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