Date field for when first published online

rwielage
A journal we are submitting to wants to have the date when a reference was first published online if the reference has a doi. I don't see that functionality currently in zotero. If the functionality already exists, please let me know. Thanks.
  • adamsmith
    This is normally for articles published ahead of print--in that case use the regular date field (and update it once the article is published in print).
    If that´s not the case, do you have an example of what they want?
  • rwielage
    Yes, that's what we've done in the past. The journal is BMJ Open. If it hasn't been published in print they want when it went online and then the doi: Published Online First: 5 February 2004. doi:10.1136/ard.2003.001234

    If it is in print they want the usual article citation, then doi and the date it was published online: Ann Rheum Dis 2003;327:765–8 doi:10.1136/ard.2003.001234 [published Online First: 5 February 2002].
  • adamsmith
    ugh. Yeah, we can´t really do that. You can (ab)use the accessed field for this, but that´s the best I can think of right now.
  • rwielage
    I'm a little surprised I haven't run into this before. More and more articles are being published online before they get into print. Please put this on your feature requests list.
  • adamsmith
    Right, but the purpose of a citation is to identify cited items. It makes very little sense to add a "Published online first" date to a citation, which is why it´s not something that journals or style manuals tend to require.
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