How to format your references using the Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology. 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. Maddox B. The double helix and the “wronged heroine.” Nature. 2003;421:407–8.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Kasparian J, Wolf J-P. Applied physics. Laser beams take a curve. Science. 2009;324:194–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Verburg P, Hecky RE, Kling H. Ecological consequences of a century of warming in Lake Tanganyika. Science. 2003;301:505–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Yoshimura M, Ono M, Watanabe H, Kimura H, Saji H. Feasibility of amylin imaging in pancreatic islets with β-amyloid imaging probes. Sci Rep. 2014;4:6155.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Möller G. Geotechnik. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2013.

An edited book

1. Li FM. CCD Image Sensors in Deep-Ultraviolet: Degradation Behavior and Damage Mechanisms. Nathan A, editor. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2005.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Guyer P. Natural Ends And The End Of Nature. In: Brain RM, Cohen RS, Knudsen O, editors. Hans Christian Ørsted And The Romantic Legacy In Science: Ideas, Disciplines, Practices. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2007. p. 75–96.

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 Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. SpaceX Wins Permission To Launch Government Satellites. 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. Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Potential Duplication in Federal Teacher Quality and Employment and Training Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2011 Apr. Report No.: GAO-11-509T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Johnson C. Directed blogging with community college ESL students: Its effects on awareness of language acquisition processes [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 2012.

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. Feeney K. Try a Cookie. Happiness Awaits. New York Times. 2007 Dec 16;14NJ13.

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	Reproductive Biology and Endocrinology
Abbreviation	Reprod. Biol. Endocrinol.
ISSN (online)	1477-7827
Scope	Developmental Biology Endocrinology Reproductive Medicine