How to format your references using the Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 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. Cordes JM, Astronomy. Radio bursts, origin unknown. Science (New York, N.Y.), 2013, 341(6141):40–41.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Srinivasan M, Ruina A, Computer optimization of a minimal biped model discovers walking and running. Nature, 2006, 439(7072):72–75.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Powell KI, Chase JM, Knight TM, Invasive plants have scale-dependent effects on diversity by altering species-area relationships. Science (New York, N.Y.), 2013, 339(6117):316–318.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

1. Wang X et al., Egg accumulation with 3D embryos provides insight into the life history of a pterosaur. Science (New York, N.Y.), 2017, 358(6367):1197–1201.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Hooper J, Zalewski A, Watanabe E, Advanced Charting Techniques for High Probability Trading. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2013.

An edited book

1. Billett S, Harteis C, Gruber H, editors, International Handbook of Research in Professional and Practice-based Learning. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Tisdell C, Complex Policy Choices Regarding Agricultural Externalities: Efficiency, Equity and Acceptability. In: Beckmann V, Padmanabhan M, editors. Institutions and Sustainability: Political Economy of Agriculture and the Environment - Essays in Honour of Konrad Hagedorn. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2009: 83–106.

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 Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health.

Blog post

1. Fang J, Sperm Whales Have Local Dialects. IFLScience. September 9, 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/sperm-whales-have-local-dialects/. 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, FTS 2000 Recompetition: Opportunity Exists for Better Prices. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Weissflug KG, Effects of Positive Behavior Support Programs on Student Behaviors. 2009;

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. Sisario B, Stoking Classic Rock Hunger With Concerts on the Coasts. New York Times2017;C4.

In-text citations

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

This sentence cites one reference ².
This sentence cites two references ^2,4.
This sentence cites four references ^2,5,6,8.

About the journal

Full journal title	Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health
Abbreviation	Perspect. Sex. Reprod. Health
ISSN (print)	1538-6341
ISSN (online)	1931-2393
Scope	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health Sociology and Political Science