Style Request: Journal of Glaucoma

jrehrlich

Any help is greatly appreciated!

The style is similar to JAMA, with the following changes:

Journal citation:
1. if more than 3 authors, list first 3 then et al. (JAMA will list 4, or first 3 + et al if more than 4 authors)

2. No issue number (volume only)

3. In journal name only put period at end of name, not after each word in journal abbreviation

WWW citation:
4. "Accessed ____" does not go within brackets.

Otherwise, journal style is identical to JAMA.

To view style: http://edmgr.ovid.com/jog/accounts/ifauth.htm

Thank you again for your help.
Best regards,
Josh

jrehrlich

Anyway that any of you guys who know a whole lot more than I do about these things could help out with this? I'd really greatly appreciate it!
Thank you very much...
-josh

adamsmith

it's on my list, but I'm traveling. In the Caribbean. I'll get back soon and should be able to take a look.

jrehrlich

thanks! no worries at all...enjoy the Caribbean!

anders_royce

I am a definite novice, but here is what I believe you need to do.
Under the bibliography section of the style, find this line:
<option name="et-al-min" value="6"/>
and change the 6 to 4 (it appears the AMA/JAMA style will also list 5 authors).

Further down in the bibliography section, find this line:
<text variable="issue" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
and delete the whole line.

Again in the bibliography section, find this line:
<text variable="container-title" font-style="italic" form="short" suffix="."/>
and change "short" into "long".

Finally, further up in the CSL code, find a macro that starts like this:
<macro name="access">
<group>
<text value="Available at:" suffix=" "/>
<text variable="URL"/>
<group prefix=" [" suffix="]">
In the last line above change " [" to ". " (note the spaces are important).
And change "]" to " ".

That seems to do it, but as I said, I am just learning this stuff myself. Anyway, if you want to take a look or try it out, I pasted my edited version here:
Edit: I realized I had pasted that publicly with the original authors email in it, so I deleted and repasted here: http://csl.codepad.org/OQBpeKZl

adamsmith

thanks anders - looks good except for
3. which, if I understand the request correctly, isn't currently possible:
http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/journal_abbreviations

jrehrlich

Thanks so much. I think the one thing that may be off is that this journal asks for 3 authors and then et al (I think you programmed for 4 instead of 3).

Also, how do I install your code as a style in Zotero? I apologize for my ignorance in this realm and I really appreciate everyone's help.

-Josh

adamsmith

the et als are correct - it tells Zotero to use et al starting with 4 authors - but to print three and then et al (that's the next line in the code).

http://www.zotero.org/support/csl_simple_edits
has a section on getting yout style into Zotero - follow that.

anders_royce

Okay, I misunderstood. I thought the idea was just to have the full title rather than the short. So forget about changing short to long.

Here it is with the short form of the journal name back in place (though with periods): http://csl.codepad.org/eyzaamFN

jrehrlich

Looks awesome!

One question -- so I know that you can't tell zotero to leave out periods within an abbreviated journal title. However, if there is no abbreviation for a particular journal (ie. the whole name is displayed), can you keep zotero from entering a period between the journal name and the next item (publication year, in this case)?

anders_royce

I am glad it works for you. As for the question, I am pretty sure that could be written into the style. However, there is something in CSL that automatically substitutes the full name when the abbreviated one is not available, and I don't know how that works and whether, for instance, it would take priority over a macro in the style. I'll give it a try when I have the time.

jrehrlich

Sounds good. No worries though, I really do appreciate all of your help!

Turns out the book style doesn't exactly match J Glaucoma (I was more concerned with journal article and WWW style). I don't need any modifications to what you did for my own purposes, but if you're up for it, I'm happy to give you the details on the book and chapter formatting. Just let me know, but either way, thanks again, you really saved me a lot of time reformatting things by hand (or sitting down to learn CSL from square one).

take care.

adamsmith

jrehrlich - actually - since we have an almost done style, would you mind adding the detail for books and chapters so I can finish it and put it up?

adamsmith

please?

adamsmith

now that it's summer?