Hi list!
I have a technical question about formatting citation output which
some of you may have dealt with in the past. I see journal names and
their abbreviations listed three different ways:
ALL CAPS no periods:
http://images.webofknowledge.com/WOK46/help/WOS/A_abrvjt.html
Proper Case, with
There are a billion different citation formats with their own rules. I
don't think there is any simple answer to the question you ask.
On 10/11/2012 2:45 PM, William Gunn wrote:
Hi list!
I have a technical question about formatting citation output which
some of you may have dealt with in the
As far as I'm aware, citations in published papers should always be
proper case, but are there any cases where a journal should be cited
without periods in the abbreviated form? I'm aware of the edge cases
like PLOS, JAMA, BMJ, but what I'm wondering is if anyone knows of any
instances where
Thanks for the suggestion, Kyle. Where would you suggest I go to look
up the titles?
Jonathan - I know that different journals have different citation
styles, hence my question. Phrased another way, it would be Do we
need to use CSL to apply periodization rules to journal name
abbreviations so
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:25 PM, William Gunn william.g...@gmail.comwrote:
Thanks for the suggestion, Kyle. Where would you suggest I go to look
up the titles?
I haven't read OCLC's terms and conditions for some time, but my first
reaction would be to use their stuff if permitted since that's
Thanks, Kyle. The ISI publishes a list that we're probably going to
use, just was wondering if we needed to style the abbrevs differently
for some journals. I'm leaning towards your last suggestion,
personally. If anyone notices and complains, that will tell us who
still cares.
William Gunn
+1
