How to format your references using the Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice. 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. Frommer WB. Biochemistry. CO2mmon sense. Science. 2010;327:275–6.

A journal article with 2 authors

1. Wang Z, Lin H. Nanos maintains germline stem cell self-renewal by preventing differentiation. Science. 2004;303:2016–9.

A journal article with 3 authors

1. Jakosky BM, Haberle RM, Arvidson RE. Planetary science. The changing picture of volatiles and climate on Mars. Science. 2005;310:1439–40.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

1. Mota LJ, Journet L, Sorg I, Agrain C, Cornelis GR. Bacterial injectisomes: needle length does matter. Science. 2005;307:1278.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

1. de Gyurky SM. The Cognitive Dynamics of Computer Science. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

1. Fox J, editor. Sustainable Electricity: Case Studies from Electric Power Companies in North America. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2016.

A chapter in an edited book

1. Blischke WR, Rezaul Karim M, Prabhakar Murthy DN. Supplementary Warranty Data. In: Karim MR, Murthy DNP, editors. Warranty Data Collection and Analysis. London: Springer; 2011. p. 79–109.

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 Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice.

Blog post

1. Andrew D. Humans Are Wired For Prejudice But That Doesn’t Have To Be The End Of The Story [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2016 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. https://www.iflscience.com/brain/humans-are-wired-for-prejudice-but-that-doesnt-have-to-be-the-end-of-the-story/. 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. Space Acquisitions: Uncertainties in the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Program Pose Management and Oversight Challenges. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2008 Sep. Report No.: GAO-08-1039.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

1. Ekstrom JE. Factors influencing retention in a residential treatment program [Doctoral dissertation]. [Long Beach, CA]: California State University, Long Beach; 2009.

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. Brantley B. Revealing What You May Not Care to Tell. New York Times. 2017 May 17;C5.

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	Gynecologic Oncology Research and Practice
Abbreviation	Gynecol. Oncol. Res. Pract.
ISSN (online)	2053-6844
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