How to format your references using the Journal of Gynecologic Oncology citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for Journal of Gynecologic Oncology. 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

Lane J. Science innovation. Assessing the impact of science funding. Science. 2009 Jun 5;324(5932):1273–5.

A journal article with 2 authors

Dawkins MS, Woodington A. Pattern recognition and active vision in chickens. Nature. 2000 Feb 10;403(6770):652–5.

A journal article with 3 authors

Naranjo B, Gimzewski JK, Putterman S. Observation of nuclear fusion driven by a pyroelectric crystal. Nature. 2005 Apr 28;434(7037):1115–7.

A journal article with 7 or more authors

Lentink D, Dickson WB, van Leeuwen JL, Dickinson MH. Leading-edge vortices elevate lift of autorotating plant seeds. Science. 2009 Jun 12;324(5933):1438–40.

Books and book chapters

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

An authored book

Kushner R, Lawrence V, Kumar S. Practical Manual of Clinical Obesity. Oxford: John Wiley & Sons; 2013.

An edited book

Yang L. On-Orbit Operations Optimization: Modeling and Algorithms. Zhu Y, Ren X, Zhang Y, editors. New York, NY: Springer; 2014. XIII, 116 p. 70 illus., 41 illus. in color. (SpringerBriefs in Optimization).

A chapter in an edited book

Boeyens JCA. Covalent Interaction. In: Boeyens JCA, Comba P, editors. Electronic Structure and Number Theory: Bohr’s Boldest Dream. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer; 2013. p. 93–135. (Structure and Bonding).

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 Journal of Gynecologic Oncology.

Blog post

Andrew E. Whale Nerves Can Stretch To Double Original Size [Internet]. IFLScience. IFLScience; 2015 [cited 2018 Oct 30]. Available from: https://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/whales-have-elastic-nerves/

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. VA Education Benefits: VA Needs to Improve Program Management and Provide More Timely Information to Students. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office; 2013 May. Report No.: GAO-13-338.

Theses and dissertations

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

Doctoral dissertation

Pease M. Progress towards the Synthesis of a Potent, Bioavailable and Selective Dimethylarginine Dimethylaminohydrolase-1 Inactivator [Doctoral dissertation]. [Edwardsville, IL]: Southern Illinois 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

Shpigel B. Aim That Kick Just to the Left of Those Flutists. New York Times. 2016 Nov 10;SP1.

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	Journal of Gynecologic Oncology
Abbreviation	J. Gynecol. Oncol.
ISSN (print)	2005-0380
ISSN (online)	2005-0399
Scope	General Medicine Obstetrics and Gynaecology Oncology