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. Anderson P. Consequences. Perhaps the biotech sector should have employed more philosophers. Nature. 2000;405:281.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Iwao C, Shidoji Y. Induction of nuclear translocation of mutant cytoplasmic p53 by geranylgeranoic acid in a human hepatoma cell line. Sci Rep. 2014;4:4419.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Brantley JN, Wiggins KM, Bielawski CW. Unclicking the click: mechanically facilitated 1,3-dipolar cycloreversions. Science. 2011;333:1606–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Hove JR, Köster RW, Forouhar AS, Acevedo-Bolton G, Fraser SE, Gharib M. Intracardiac fluid forces are an essential epigenetic factor for embryonic cardiogenesis. Nature. 2003;421:172–7.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Das JC. Understanding Symmetrical Components for Power System Modeling. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2017.

An edited book

1. Kimbell R. Researching Design Learning: Issues and Findings from Two Decades of Research and Development. Stables K, editor. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands; 2007.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Derval D, Bremer J. Build a Winning Team. In: Bremer J, editor. Hormones, Talent, and Career: Unlock Your Hormonal Quotient®. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2012. p. 53–70.

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. Luntz S. Industry-Funded Drug Trials Produce More Positive Findings [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/industryfunded-drug-trials-produce-more-positive-findings/

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 Safety: Better Guidance Could Improve Oversight of State Highway Safety Programs. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2003 Apr. Report No.: GAO-03-474.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ellis GS. Compound-Specific Stable Isotopic Analysis of Protein Amino Acids: Ecological Applications in Modern and Ancient Systems [Doctoral dissertation]. [Tampa, FL]: University of South Florida; 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. Kenigsberg B. Hissein Habré, A Chadian Tragedy. New York Times. 2017 Sep 19;C4.

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

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