How to format your references using the Reproductive Toxicology citation style

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

H. Gavaghan, A grassroots revolution, Nature. 414 (2001) 6–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

M. Elimelech, W.A. Phillip, The future of seawater desalination: energy, technology, and the environment, Science. 333 (2011) 712–717.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

M.M. Babu, R.W. Kriwacki, R.V. Pappu, Structural biology. Versatility from protein disorder, Science. 337 (2012) 1460–1461.

A journal article with 4 or more authors

[1]

D. Li, Z. Yan, L. Lu, H. Jiang, W. Wang, Pleiotropy of the de novo-originated gene MDF1, Sci. Rep. 4 (2014) 7280.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

P.J. Huber, Data Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2011.

An edited book

[1]

N. Thomas, C. Juiz, eds., Computer Performance Engineering: 5th European Performance Engineering Workshop, EPEW 2008, Palma de Mallorca, Spain, September 24-25, 2008. Proceedings, Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2008.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

M. Stenhouse, B. Patel, Irrigation and Disinfection, in: B. Patel (Ed.), Endodontic Treatment, Retreatment, and Surgery: Mastering Clinical Practice, Springer International Publishing, Cham, 2016: pp. 101–128.

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 Toxicology.

Blog post

[1]

B. Taub, Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Put Tomatoes In The Fridge, IFLScience. (2016). https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/heres-why-you-shouldnt-put-tomatoes-in-the-fridge/ (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, Commuter Rail: Commuter Rail Issues Should Be Considered in Debate over Amtrak, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC, 2006.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

M.C. Polderman, Textile Factories and Subsistence Plots: Rural Women’s Livelihoods and Unique Transition Experiences in Bulgaria, Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2006.

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]

J. Barron, Vintage ‘Glass Menagerie’ Performance Will Return to Air, New York Times. (2016) A23.

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 Toxicology
Abbreviation	Reprod. Toxicol.
ISSN (print)	0890-6238
Scope	Toxicology