How to format your references using the Human Reproduction citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Human 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

Gewin V. The global challenge. Nature 2007;447:348–349.

A journal article with 2 authors

Ort DR, Long SP. Botany. Limits on yields in the Corn Belt. Science 2014;344:484–485.

A journal article with 3 authors

Dubal DP, Holze R, Gomez-Romero P. Development of hybrid materials based on sponge supported reduced graphene oxide and transition metal hydroxides for hybrid energy storage devices. Sci Rep 2014;4:7349.

A journal article with 11 or more authors

Souza Silva CC de, Van de Vondel J, Morelle M, Moshchalkov VV. Controlled multiple reversals of a ratchet effect. Nature 2006;440:651–654.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kimberlin L, Linden A zur, Ruoff L. Atlas of Clinical Imaging and Anatomy of the Equine Head. 2016; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.: Hoboken, NJ.

An edited book

Díaz‐Cruz MS, Barceló D, editors. Personal Care Products in the Aquatic Environment. 2015;36:. Springer International Publishing: Cham.

A chapter in an edited book

Litster S, Djilali N. Performance Analysis of Microstructured Fuel Cells for Portable Applications. In Kakaç S, Pramuanjaroenkij A, Vasiliev L, editors. Mini-Micro Fuel Cells: Fundamentals and Applications 2008;, p. 47–74. Springer Netherlands: Dordrecht.

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 Human Reproduction.

Blog post

Fang J. Coming Soon: Tabletop Fog Screens for 3D Interactions. IFLScience [Internet] 2014; IFLScienceAvailable from: https://www.iflscience.com/technology/coming-soon-tabletop-fog-screens-3d-interactions/.

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

Government Accountability Office. Aviation and the Environment: FAA’s and NASA’s Research and Development Plans for Noise Reduction Are Aligned but the Prospects of Achieving Noise Reduction Goals Are Uncertain. 2008; U.S. Government Printing Office: Washington, DC.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

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. 2013; University of Arizona: Tucson, AZ.

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

(nyt) SK. World Briefing | Europe: Russia: Arson Suspected In Synagogue Fire. New York Times 2005;A9.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Gewin, 2007).
This sentence cites two references (Gewin, 2007; Ort and Long, 2014).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Ort and Long, 2014)
Three or more authors: (de Souza Silva et al., 2006)

About the journal

Full journal title	Human Reproduction
Abbreviation	Hum. Reprod.
ISSN (print)	0268-1161
ISSN (online)	1460-2350
Scope	Obstetrics and Gynaecology Rehabilitation Reproductive Medicine