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. Hardebeck JL. Stress orientations in subduction zones and the strength of subduction megathrust faults. Science. 2015;349:1213–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Wentz FJ, Schabel M. Precise climate monitoring using complementary satellite data sets. Nature. 2000;403:414–6.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Ide S, Baltay A, Beroza GC. Shallow dynamic overshoot and energetic deep rupture in the 2011 Mw 9.0 Tohoku-Oki earthquake. Science. 2011;332:1426–9.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Zadnik K, Jones LA, Irvin BC, Kleinstein RN, Manny RE, Shin JA, et al. Myopia and ambient night-time lighting. CLEERE Study Group. Collaborative Longitudinal Evaluation of Ethnicity and Refractive Error. Nature. 2000;404:143–4.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Taylor B. Effective Environmental, Health, and Safety Management Using the Team Approach. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2005.

An edited book

1. Abraham A, Mauri JL, Buford JF, Suzuki J, Thampi SM, editors. Advances in Computing and Communications: First International Conference, ACC 2011, Kochi, India, July 22-24, 2011, Proceedings, Part III. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2011.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Avramidis I, Athanatopoulou A, Morfidis K, Sextos A, Giaralis A. EC8-Compliant Seismic Analysis and Design Examples. In: Athanatopoulou A, Morfidis K, Sextos A, Giaralis A, editors. Eurocode-Compliant Seismic Analysis and Design of R/C Buildings: Concepts, Commentary and Worked Examples with Flowcharts. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016. p. 247–451.

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. Andrews R. Cyborg Roses Could Be Used To Grow Computer Systems [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2017 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/cyborg-roses-used-grow-computer-systems/

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. Performance and Accountability: Challenges Facing the Department of Transportation. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2001 Feb. Report No.: GAO-01-443T.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Johnson C. Directed blogging with community college ESL students: Its effects on awareness of language acquisition processes [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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. Hodgman J. Bonus Advice From Judge John Hodgman. New York Times. 2016 Oct 6;MM26.

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

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