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

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction. 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	Download the output style file
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]

Stickgold R. Sleep-dependent memory consolidation. Nature 2005;437:1272–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Raymo ME, Mitrovica JX. Collapse of polar ice sheets during the stage 11 interglacial. Nature 2012;483:453–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Thulasiram HV, Erickson HK, Poulter CD. Chimeras of two isoprenoid synthases catalyze all four coupling reactions in isoprenoid biosynthesis. Science 2007;316:73–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Weiss DJ, Nelson A, Gibson HS, Temperley W, Peedell S, Lieber A, et al. A global map of travel time to cities to assess inequalities in accessibility in 2015. Nature 2018;553:333–6.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Darling-Hammond L, Meyerson D, LaPointe M, Terry Orr M, Barber M, Cohen C, et al. Preparing Principals for a Changing World. San Francisco, CA, USA: Jossey-Bas; 2009.

An edited book

[1]

Recchia L. Multicriteria Analysis and LCA Techniques: With Applications to Agro-Engineering Problems. London: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Newhouse P. Applied Information Technology. In: Williams PJ, Newhouse CP, editors. Digital Representations of Student Performance for Assessment, Rotterdam: SensePublishers; 2013, p. 49–98.

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 Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Watch Scientists Dissect Colossal Squid LIVE. IFLScience 2014. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/live-webcast-colossal-squid-dissection/ (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. Highway Bridge Program: Clearer Goals and Performance Measures Needed for a More Focused and Sustainable Program. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Parker DD. Uncovering Three Trumpet Works of Sofia Gubaidulina. Doctoral dissertation. 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]

Stewart JB. Questions of Judgment Engulf Barclays’ Chief. New York Times 2017:B1.

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	Journal of Gynecology Obstetrics and Human Reproduction
ISSN (print)	2468-7847
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