How to format your references using the International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics. 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]

Lynch M. Genomics. Gene duplication and evolution. Science 2002;297:945–7.

A journal article with 2 authors

[1]

Itoh S, Yurimoto H. Contemporaneous formation of chondrules and refractory inclusions in the early Solar System. Nature 2003;423:728–31.

A journal article with 3 authors

[1]

Brohawn SG, Campbell EB, MacKinnon R. Physical mechanism for gating and mechanosensitivity of the human TRAAK K+ channel. Nature 2014;516:126–30.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

[1]

Kuiken T, Fouchier R, Rimmelzwaan G, Osterhaus A, Roeder P. Feline friend or potential foe? Nature 2006;440:741–2.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

[1]

Kumar V. Mobile Database Systems. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.; 2006.

An edited book

[1]

Mitton N, Gallais A, Kantarci ME, Papavassiliou S, editors. Ad Hoc Networks: 6th International ICST Conference, ADHOCNETS 2014, Rhodes, Greece, August 18-19, 2014, Revised Selected Papers. vol. 140. Cham: Springer International Publishing; 2014.

A chapter in an edited book

[1]

Rønning H. How Much Soft Power Does China Have in Africa? In: Zhang X, Wasserman H, Mano W, editors. China’s Media and Soft Power in Africa: Promotion and Perceptions, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan US; 2016, p. 65–78.

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 International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics.

Blog post

[1]

Hale T. Climate Change Set To Halve Global Coffee Production By 2050. IFLScience 2016. https://www.iflscience.com/environment/climate-change-set-to-halve-global-coffee-production-by-2050/ (accessed October 30, 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. John P. Abbadessa, 1947-1962. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 1990.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

[1]

Warren KL. Agents of change: A new role for learners in online workplace training. Doctoral dissertation. Capella University, 2014.

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]

Vecsey G. U.S. Coach Doesn’t Play the Superstar Card. New York Times 2011:B15.

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	International Journal of Gynecology and Obstetrics
Abbreviation	Int. J. Gynaecol. Obstet.
ISSN (print)	0020-7292
Scope	General Medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology