How to format your references using the The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India. 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	Find the style here: output styles overview
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. Bakker K. Water management. Water security: research challenges and opportunities. Science. 2012;337:914–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Qu S-W, Nie Z-P. Plasmonic nanopatch array for optical integrated circuit applications. Sci Rep. 2013;3:3172.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Silvarolla MB, Mazzafera P, Fazuoli LC. Plant biochemistry: a naturally decaffeinated arabica coffee. Nature. 2004;429:826.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Lancrin C, Sroczynska P, Stephenson C, Allen T, Kouskoff V, Lacaud G. The haemangioblast generates haematopoietic cells through a haemogenic endothelium stage. Nature. 2009;457:892–5.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Diver DA. Plasma Formulary for Physics, Astronomy, and Technology. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2013.

An edited book

1. Ammar A, Bernstein M, editors. Neurosurgical Ethics in Practice: Value-based Medicine. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Deng L. Front-End, Back-End, and Hybrid Techniques for Noise-Robust Speech Recognition. In: Kolossa D, Häb-Umbach R, editors. Robust Speech Recognition of Uncertain or Missing Data: Theory and Applications. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011. p. 67–99.

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 The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. Meet Savannasaurus, Australia’s Newest Titanosaur. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016.

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. Computer Technology: Air Attack Warning System Cannot Process All Radar Track Data. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1991 May. Report No.: IMTEC-91-15.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Maldonado JA. Searching for Confirmation [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2010.

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. Crow K. Fire Chief Questions Closing of Streets. New York Times. 2002 Jun 30;145.

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	The Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology of India
Abbreviation	J. Obstet. Gynaecol. India
ISSN (print)	0971-9202
ISSN (online)	0975-6434
Scope	Obstetrics and Gynaecology