How to format your references using the Journal of Perinatology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Perinatology. 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

Holmes KV. Structural biology. Adaptation of SARS coronavirus to humans. Science 2005; 309: 1822–1823.

A journal article with 2 authors

Oda Y, Fukuda H. Initiation of cell wall pattern by a Rho- and microtubule-driven symmetry breaking. Science 2012; 337: 1333–1336.

A journal article with 3 authors

Rajca A, Wongsriratanakul J, Rajca S. Magnetic ordering in an organic polymer. Science 2001; 294: 1503–1505.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Kang D, Guo Y, Ren C, Zhao F, Feng Y, Han X et al. Population structure and spatial pattern of main tree species in secondary Betula platyphylla forest in Ziwuling Mountains, China. Sci Rep 2014; 4: 6873.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Nagasawa M. Physical Chemistry of Polyelectrolyte Solutions: Advances in Chemical Physics. John Wiley & Sons, Inc: Hoboken, NJ, 2015.

An edited book

Lewis C, Coghill K (eds.). Parliamentarians’ Professional Development: The Need for Reform. Springer International Publishing: Cham, 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

Neema M, Dandamudi VSR, Arora A, Stankiewicz J, Bakshi R. T1 Black Holes and Gray Matter Damage. In: Filippi M, Rovaris M, Comi G (eds). Neurodegeneration in Multiple Sclerosis. Springer: Milano, 2007, pp 37–45.

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 Perinatology.

Blog post

Hale T. Watch Indian Locals Save A Leopard From Drowning. IFLScience. 2016.https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/watch-indian-locals-save-a-leopard-from-drowning/ (accessed 30 Oct2018).

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

Government Accountability Office. Telecommunications: Issues Concerning Licensing of Telecommunications Engineers and Technicians. U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC, 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Ireland KS. The Role Family Communication Patterns Play in Shaping People’s Responses and Perceived Outcomes to Boundary Turbulence via Privacy Breaches in Their Personal Relationships. 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

Ryerson J. University Presses. New York Times. 2017; : BR27.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by sequential numbers in superscript:

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 Perinatology
Abbreviation	J. Perinatol.
ISSN (print)	0743-8346
ISSN (online)	1476-5543
Scope	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health