APSA/APSR Styles Incomplete

Ayerbender

The APSA [American Political Science Association] and APSR (American Political Science Review) citation styles are incomplete. They do not, for example, display translators when APSA/APSR style guides explicitly require translators be listed (see screenshot from APSA style manuel; APSR uses it). Additionally, they should be preceded by comma, not a period (see photo from APSA guidelines). APSA is the main political science association and APSR is one of the biggest journals in political science, so I'm sure I'm not the only one affected.

For example, Keith Tribe both edited and translated Weber's Economy and Society. The citation reads:

Weber, Max. 2019. Economy and Society. ed. Keith Tribe. Cambridge, MA & London: Harvard University Press.

I believe it should read:

Weber, Max. 2019. Economy and Society, ed. and trans. Keith Tribe. Cambridge, MA & London: Harvard University Press.

I haven't found broader issues, but I also haven't been looking.

https://s3.amazonaws.com/zotero.org/images/forums/u5063049/28h2o9w9i7a446m3uiz8.png

adamsmith

FWIW, APSR explicitly says to just use Chicago (author-date), both in general, and when using Zotero specifically (and that will include the translator)

Ayerbender

Thanks! I didn't see that (top of APSR page refers to APSA guidelines). Why is there a separate APSR citation style in Zotero then?

adamsmith

It's here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/information/author-instructions/preparing-your-materials#622b6fa2265579388b2e50a2

The style just points at another style & should be switched from APSA (which still does have its own manual) to Chicago.

damnation

(PR to switch APSR: https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/pull/7031/files)