How to format your references using the Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology. 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. Lucht RP. Chemistry. Femtosecond lasers for molecular measurements. Science. 2007;316:207–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Reubi O, Blundy J. A dearth of intermediate melts at subduction zone volcanoes and the petrogenesis of arc andesites. Nature. 2009;461:1269–73.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Wilmé L, Goodman SM, Ganzhorn JU. Biogeographic evolution of Madagascar’s microendemic biota. Science. 2006;312:1063–5.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Coulter DA, Foley RJ, Kilpatrick CD, Drout MR, Piro AL, Shappee BJ, et al. Swope Supernova Survey 2017a (SSS17a), the optical counterpart to a gravitational wave source. Science. 2017;358:1556–8.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Smaini L. RF Analog Impairments Modeling for Communication Systems Simulation. Chichester, UK: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd; 2012.

An edited book

1. Knafl GJ. Adaptive Regression for Modeling Nonlinear Relationships. Ding K, editor. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Frizon de Lamotte D, Zizi M, Missenard Y, Hafid M, Azzouzi ME, Maury RC, et al. The Atlas System. In: Michard A, Saddiqi O, Chalouan A, Lamotte DF de, editors. Continental Evolution: The Geology of Morocco: Structure, Stratigraphy, and Tectonics of the Africa-Atlantic-Mediterranean Triple Junction. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 133–202.

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 Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology.

Blog post

1. Fang J. Bones of Gorilla-Sized Lemur Found in Underwater Graveyard. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015.

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: Financial Condition Has Deteriorated and Future Costs Make Recovery Difficult. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1994 Mar. Report No.: T-RCED-94-155.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Garibay O. Towards a hybrid approach to mariachi education - Bridging the gap between formal and informal transmission of musical culture [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 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. Jenks S. A New Work Perk (for Pets). New York Times. 2017 Jun 7;F6.

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	Indian Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
ISSN (print)	2363-8397
ISSN (online)	2363-8400
Scope