How to format your references using the Biology of Reproduction citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Biology of Reproduction. 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 reference managers.
BibTeX	BibTeX styles 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]

Schaechter M. Retrospective. Lynn Margulis (1938-2011). Science 2012; 335:302.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Kirwan ML, Megonigal JP. Tidal wetland stability in the face of human impacts and sea-level rise. Nature 2013; 504:53–60.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Newsome TP, Scaplehorn N, Way M. SRC mediates a switch from microtubule- to actin-based motility of vaccinia virus. Science 2004; 306:124–129.

A journal article with 13 or more authors

[1]

Jamora C, DasGupta R, Kocieniewski P, Fuchs E. Links between signal transduction, transcription and adhesion in epithelial bud development. Nature 2003; 422:317–322.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Diels J-C, Arissian L. Lasers. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA; 2011.

An edited book

[1]

Greve A. Thermal Design and Thermal Behaviour of Radio Telescopes and their Enclosures. vol. 364. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2010.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Fonseca B, Gonçalves R, Nunes RR, Teixeira MS, Paredes H, Morgado L, Martins P. BIZZY – A Social Game for Entrepreneurship Education. In: Zaphiris P, Ioannou A (eds.), Learning and Collaboration Technologies. Technology-Rich Environments for Learning and Collaboration: First International Conference, LCT 2014, Held as Part of HCI International 2014, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, June 22-27, 2014, Proceedings, Part II. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014:33–41.

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 Biology of Reproduction.

Blog post

[1]

Andrew E. Scientists Develop Pill That Could Let Celiacs Eat Gluten; 2015. https://www.iflscience.com/health-and-medicine/pill-developed-could-let-celiacs-eat-gluten/. Accessed 30 October 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. Security: Breaches at Federal Agencies and Airports. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2000.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Huffer DJ. A spatial analysis and zooarchaeological interpretation of archaeological bison remains in the Southwest and the wildlife management implications for the House Rock Valley bison herd in Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona. Doctoral dissertation. University of Arizona, 2013.

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]

Cooper M, Walsh MW. Leading Way, 2 Cities Pass Pension Cuts. New York Times 2012: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	Biology of Reproduction
Abbreviation	Biol. Reprod.
ISSN (print)	0006-3363
ISSN (online)	1529-7268
Scope	Cell Biology General Medicine