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]

Brody H. Human papillomavirus. Nature 2012;488:S1.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Emery NJ, Clayton NS. Effects of experience and social context on prospective caching strategies by scrub jays. Nature 2001;414:443–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Ugalde JA, Chang BSW, Matz MV. Evolution of coral pigments recreated. Science 2004;305:1433.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Song H, Jeong T-G, Moon YH, Chun H-H, Chung KY, Kim HS, et al. Stabilization of oxygen-deficient structure for conducting Li4Ti5O12-δ by molybdenum doping in a reducing atmosphere. Sci Rep 2014;4:4350.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Minoli D. IP Multicast with Applications to IPTV and Mobile DVB-H. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2007.

An edited book

[1]

Herrera F. Multilabel Classification: Problem Analysis, Metrics and Techniques. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Santos JE, Gauzellino PM. Absorbing boundary conditions in elastic and poroelastic media. In: Gauzellino PM, editor. Numerical Simulation in Applied Geophysics, Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016, p. 97–119.

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]

Andrew E. Enormous Centipede Spotted in Texas. IFLScience 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/huge-centipede-found-garner-state-park-texas/ (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. U.S. Airlines: Weak Financial Structure Threatens Competition. 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]

McCullough J. Functional outcomes and patient satisfaction. A retrospective study to determine if these factors are correlated in a clinical setting. A project report. Doctoral dissertation. California State University, Long Beach, 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]

Kelly M. For Perot, a Time of Need. New York Times 1992:A1.

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