How to format your references using the Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports. 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 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. Siomi MC. Journal club. A biologist praises a mouse model of autism inheritance. Nature. 2009;461:451.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. deHaseth PL, Nilsen TW. Molecular biology. When a part is as good as the whole. Science. 2004;303:1307–8.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Holmberg VC, Panthani MG, Korgel BA. Phase transitions, melting dynamics, and solid-state diffusion in a nano test tube. Science. 2009;326:405–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Capoccioni F, Costa C, Canali E, Aguzzi J, Antonucci F, Ragonese S, et al. The potential reproductive contribution of Mediterranean migrating eels to the Anguilla anguilla stock. Sci Rep. 2014;4:7188.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. Choudhry M. Fixed Income Securities and Derivatives Handbook. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2010.

An edited book

1. Freund F, Langhoff S, editors. Universe of Scales: From Nanotechnology to Cosmology: Symposium in Honor of Minoru M. Freund. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Tobin DJ. Biology of Hair Follicle Pigmentation. In: Blume-Peytavi U, Tosti A, Trüeb RM, editors. Hair Growth and Disorders. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2008. p. 51–74.

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 Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports.

Blog post

1. Andrew E. Study Suggests Intelligent Aliens Will Probably Be The Size Of Bears [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/space/aliens-are-probably-size-bears/. Accessed 30 Oct 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. Traffic Congestion: Road Pricing Can Help Reduce Congestion, but Equity Concerns May Grow. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2012 Jan. Report No.: GAO-12-119.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Bade LL. Extending the benefits of alcohol and drug treatment: An exploration of volunteer utilization and delivery of recovery services [Doctoral dissertation]. [Malibu, CA]: Pepperdine University; 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. Greenhouse L. Justices Uphold a Death Sentence Twice Overturned. New York Times. 2006 Nov 14;A25.

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	Current Obstetrics and Gynecology Reports
Abbreviation	Curr. Obstet. Gynecol. Rep.
ISSN (online)	2161-3303
Scope