Creating Citation Styles
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Papers 2 does not include the citation format for certain Journals. Is there a way of creating citation styles or importing the citation styles?
Edit from Mekentosj with more details below:
All the styles available with Papers are listed in the style browser that you can access as follows:
- Go into the Papers Preferences...Manuscripts
- Click on the popup menu 'Favorite Styles' and select 'More Styles...'
- This will open the Style Browser
Note that many journals actually point in their instructions to authors to some generic standard styles like 'Vancouver', 'APA' or 'Chicago' to be used for their publications. That's often a good way to get the style you want.
Now, if you find a style that's close to what you need, but not quite there, we'd be very happy to apply the necessary tweaks and make it work for you. In this case, please show us an example of the wrong format and what you would expect it to be (both the in-text cite and the bibliography entries). In such case, please be sure to also give us a link to the instruction to authors so I can add this link to the style as well for reference.
If you are curious, we made it possible to overwrite the styles present in Papers2, or to add more styles, by dragging CSL files into Papers, or adding them to the 'Styles' subfolder that you will find in your Papers2 library folder. This however requires you to edit the XML files that are used by CSL, and to read the CSL specifications. It's not for the feint of heart, but if you are comfortable with XML and have a good text editor like TextMate or similar, then it's not out of reach. The advantage of CSL is that it is used by other applications, it has been developed in the open by many others before Papers adopted it, and there is a lot of material online about it.
Here is more info on our Knowledge Base:
http://support.mekentosj.com/kb/pro-tips/pro-tip-adding-additional-...
Here is the CSL reference:
http://citationstyles.org/downloads/specification.html
And here are the main repositories for CSL stylesheets:
http://www.zotero.org/styles
https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles
Finally, if you create a new style and submit it to the CSL repository, you can claim a free Papers2 serial: http://support.mekentosj.com/kb/read-write-cite/a-serial-for-a-style
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92 Posted by jason.davis on 14 Jul, 2012 07:09 AM
Dear Charles
Many thanks, this is very helpful.
I don't know what the cal repository is and don't want to have to spend time learning how to use it; can you send me or circulate a recipe for downloading styles from here into Papers?
Jason
Dr JJ Davis
Support Staff 93 Posted by charles on 15 Jul, 2012 04:39 AM
Hi Jason,
Sorry for the confusion about the repository. This is here:
https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles
You can select the style you like on this page (it can be inside 'dependent' for some of them). Once you have the page for that style, then click on 'raw' and use the menu File > Save to save to your disk. Make sure it is named with the 'cvs' extension. Finally, you can drag that file into Papers to add it to your library of styles.
I realize this is a bit convoluted and we hope to make that better in the future, with a better mechanism to update the styles.
94 Posted by jason.davis on 15 Jul, 2012 06:57 AM
Hi Charles
All clear,thanks. Does it matter in which way the journal name or wither names are input into the Papers filing for this formatting to work? For some entries in my library, which cannot be matched by Papers, I do this manually and am never entirely sure how to enter these. Presumably, Papers use be able to recognise a full journal name or author input and be able to then format this as a specifically formatted citation output. Hope this makes sense.
Jason
Dr JJ Davis
Support Staff 95 Posted by charles on 15 Jul, 2012 07:07 PM
Authors and journal are treated as their own separate entries, that you can also populate some more if you need, by going into the SOURCES > Periodicals / Authors.
For the journal, you should enter the full name in the paper, and go into Periodicals to set the correct abbreviation if necessary.
For authors, we parse what you enter. It works also with multiple names, e.g. if you simply paste it from the PDF itself, it will be fine in most cases. Again, you can go into the SOURCES > Authors if necessary as well.
Not also that when Papers autocomplete a name, it indicates the journal or author is already there.
96 Posted by jason.davis on 16 Jul, 2012 10:07 AM
Dear Charles
How do you get to: SOURCES>Periodicals/Authors?
This is all i have under Sources.
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Dr Jason J Davis
Support Staff 97 Posted by charles on 16 Jul, 2012 08:08 PM
Jason: sorry for the confusion, that's in the source list, in the left panel, where there are the entries for your Library, Manuscripts, 'My Papers', etc... One of the subheading is 'SOURCES', under which you have Periodicals, Authors and Websites.
98 Posted by jason.davis on 17 Jul, 2012 07:33 AM
Hi Charles
sorry, maybe it is me but if i select an example, select "raw" i have only script that can be saved as a web archive - there are no other options available.
Jason
Support Staff 99 Posted by charles on 17 Jul, 2012 11:59 PM
Instead of 'web archive', don't you have the 'Page Source' option? (see screenshot).
100 Posted by jason.davis on 18 Jul, 2012 07:06 AM
Hi Charles
Yes - so if i select this and save with a .csv extension in my Papers Styles folder all is well?
Jason
Support Staff 101 Posted by charles on 18 Jul, 2012 03:32 PM
Yes, but it is csl, not csv. You can also just drag the file in Papers library icon in th source list.
charles
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102 Posted by Heidi Vesterinen on 09 Sep, 2012 07:01 PM
This comment was split into a new private discussion: Style for "Journal of Dairy Science"
Hi,
I'm having trouble finding the correct sitation style for the Journal of Dairy Science. I can find one when I go from preferences - manuscripts - favorite styles - more styles named "Journal of Dairy Science" on the field of biology, but it doesn't match with the quidelines of the paper. The guidelines can be found here: http://www.journalofdairyscience.org/webfiles/images/journals/jods/...
The main problems I have are that the style named "Journal of Dairy Science" for papers doesn't add volume or page numbers to the reference list fo other references except journal articles (for example not for books) and that at least the references for thesis works don't have the publishers city/country neither the page numbers in the reference list.
103 Posted by scidoc on 15 Sep, 2012 08:06 AM
hi,
Can you correct your entry for Cancer Research? The journal wants:
Yan L-X, Huang X-F, Shao Q, Huang MY, Deng L, Wu QL, et al. MicroRNA miR-21 overexpression in human breast cancer is associated with advanced clinical stage, lymph node metastasis and patient poor prognosis. RNA 2008;14:2348–60.
but I get
Yan L-X, Huang X-F, Shao Q, Huang M-Y, Deng L, Wu Q-L, et al. MicroRNA miR-21 overexpression in human breast cancer is associated with advanced clinical stage, lymph node metastasis and patient poor prognosis. RNA. 2008 Nov;14(11):2348–60.
(so just omit the date and issue number) I'd be happy to do it but am daunted by the .csl file.
thanks
Support Staff 104 Posted by charles on 17 Sep, 2012 08:17 PM
@scidoc: Please find attached a zipped file for the style (you can also see it here: http://support.mekentosj.com/discussions/questions/13790-creating-c...). You should unzip the file, and then add the CSL style to your Papers2 library by dragging it into the Papers2 window. If you had already dragged it before, Papers2 will complain it's already there and will tell you where to find the style in your library. This will help you locate it on disk and remove it. Then you can drag the updated CSL file again.
(Note: Starting with OS 10.7 Lion and later, to access your Library folder, you need to use the Go menu in the Finder and press the option key. This will add a 'Library' item to the list, and will give you access to the hidden folder.)
Here is more info as well about this process:
Let me know if that works!
Best wishes,
Charles
Knowledge Base for Papers:
http://support.mekentosj.com/kb
105 Posted by scidoc on 18 Sep, 2012 03:34 AM
works perfectly. many thanks.
david
David Virshup
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106 Posted by Jan on 24 Sep, 2012 04:27 PM
This comment was split into a new private discussion: Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science
Hello: I'm having difficulty formatting for the Journal of the American Association of Laboratory Animal Science. They follow Council of Science Editors except they want each reference numbered in a strict letter-by-letter format, rather than by appearance in the paper. Is there a way I can accomplish this? Thanks.
107 Posted by gregor on 25 Sep, 2012 08:28 AM
This comment was split into a new private discussion: Style for "Strahlentherapie und Onkologie"
Hello! I am having problems with the style for the journal "Strahlentherapie und Onkologie" which is basically the NEJM style but with a different sorting pattern. References in this journal sorted alphabetically. Is there a possibility to just change the sorting?
thanks Gregor
108 Posted by u.maninchedda on 25 Sep, 2012 06:33 PM
Hi,
I would like to add "Equine veterinary Education" style in my manuscripts style.
How do you dragg CSL files into paper?
I found CSL in the zotero link but i don't understand how to go further
Thanks
Ugo
Support Staff 109 Posted by charles on 25 Sep, 2012 07:59 PM
Hi Ugo,
Make sure to download the file with a ".csl" extension from there. Note that this style will ship with the next beta that should come out this week (see also: http://support.mekentosj.com/kb/how-to/how-to-sign-up-for-beta-vers...).
As a convenience, please find attached a zipped file for the style (you can also see it here: http://support.mekentosj.com/discussions/questions/13790-creating-c...). You should unzip the file, and then add the CSL style to your Papers2 library by dragging it into the Papers2 window. If you had already dragged it before, Papers2 will complain it's already there and will tell you where to find the style in your library. This will help you locate it on disk and remove it. Then you can drag the updated CSL file again.
(Note: Starting with OS 10.7 Lion and later, to access your Library folder, you need to use the Go menu in the Finder and press the option key. This will add a 'Library' item to the list, and will give you access to the hidden folder.)
Here is more info as well about this process:
http://support.mekentosj.com/kb/pro-tips/pro-tip-adding-additional-...
Let me know if that works!
Best wishes,
Charles
Knowledge Base for Papers:
http://support.mekentosj.com/kb
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