How to format your references using the Reproductive Biology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Reproductive Biology. 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]

Cully M. Public health: The politics of antibiotics. Nature 2014;509:S16-7.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Burgoyne CB, Lea SEG. Psychology. Money is material. Science 2006;314:1091–2.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Schoener TW, Spiller DA, Losos JB. Predators increase the risk of catastrophic extinction of prey populations. Nature 2001;412:183–6.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Dentin R, Hedrick S, Xie J, Yates J 3rd, Montminy M. Hepatic glucose sensing via the CREB coactivator CRTC2. Science 2008;319:1402–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Searle SR. Linear Models. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 1997.

An edited book

[1]

Wilcock N. Hartmut Elsenhans and a Critique of Capitalism: Conversations on Theory and Policy Implications. London: Palgrave Macmillan UK; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Sinha R, Roop P, Basu S. Models for SoCs and Specifications. In: Roop P, Basu S, editors. Correct-by-Construction Approaches for SoC Design, New York, NY: Springer; 2014, p. 55–72.

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.

Blog post

[1]

Luntz S. Oldest Orchid Twice As Ancient As Previous Record-Holder. IFLScience 2017. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/oldest-orchid-twice-ancient-as-previous-record-holder/ (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. Review of the Health Facilities Surveyor Training Program Funded by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1976.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Staal J. The Relationships Among Sleep Quality, Frailty, and Falls in Older Adults Residing in the Community. Doctoral dissertation. Florida Atlantic University, 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]

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Russian Tycoon Receives Asylum. New York Times 2003:A6.

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
Abbreviation	Reprod. Biol.
ISSN (print)	1642-431X
Scope	Animal Science and Zoology Developmental Biology Endocrinology