BMC Translator - Handling of Article Numbers
Hi, I just imported various Items from Biomed Central, e.g. from the BMC Nephrology journal. It appears that the translator mixes up Journal Issue and Page Number Fields when importing the items. For replication see: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/6/11
Maybe this is because in these open access journals (probably online only) each article is treated as an own issue and no page numbers are used for citation.
Maybe this is because in these open access journals (probably online only) each article is treated as an own issue and no page numbers are used for citation.
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Articles in Health and Quality of Life Outcomes should be cited in the same way as articles in a traditional journal. Because articles are not printed, they do not have page numbers; instead, they are given a unique article number.
Article citations follow this format:
Authors: Title. Health Qual Life Outcomes [year], [volume number]:[article number].
e.g. Roberts LD, Hassall DG, Winegar DA, Haselden JN, Nicholls AW, Griffin JL: Increased hepatic oxidative metabolism distinguishes the action of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor delta from Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in the Ob/Ob mouse. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2009, 1:115.
refers to article 115 from Volume 1 of the journal.
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This should be reported to BMC. Zotero retrieves metadata from the <meta.../> fields in the page <head>
Web of Science had until recently listed volumes 46, 47, and 48 as issue number 0 but that has been changed to no issue information.