The Economic Journal

sjgknight

I wonder if someone could help me create a citation style. I've tried to do this myself but zotero doesn't recognise the file I created as a valid csl file...

The Economic Journal (sample issue: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/121558231/issue), as far as I can see, uses the 'Harvard Reference Format 2' style, except:

In citation - the first instance of a citation should never use et al, after that 3+ authors default to 'et al'.

In Bibliography
Before the issue number it places "vol."
it doesn't indent the second line in the bibliography
Titles appear in inverted commas ('[title]')
The date appears in parentheses - (DATE)
Bibliography items never use 'et al' - i.e. they show all authors,

Any assistance in creating this citation style would be much appreciated,

Sk

sjgknight

EDIT - 3+ authors always go to 'et al' - i.e. the first instance makes no difference. Sorry, I'm trying to work the style out from the free issue, they don't have a style guide :(

adamsmith

try modifying the style using the .csl editor in the chrome panel
here are instructions:
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/5104/modifying-word-plugin-using-journal-abbreviation-instead-of-publication-name/#Item_2

All of the stuff is quite straightforward - you can change the et. al. settings using the et-al min values. You can add vol. and parenthesis and such using prefix and suffix.
You can get rid of the indent by setting the "hanging indent line to false (or deleting it).
Any questions let me/us know

sjgknight

I want references to read (ignoring formatting):
Slonim, R. & Roth, A. 1998. Learning in High Stakes Ultimatum Games: An Experiment in the Slovak Republic. Econometrica, vol. 66(3), pp.569-596.

I've changed the only line referring to the volume no. to:

" <text variable="volume" prefix="vol." suffix="" font-weight="bold"/>"

The result is as below in the bibliography:

Slonim, R. & Roth, A. 1998. Learning in High Stakes Ultimatum Games: An Experiment in the Slovak Republic. Econometrica, 66vol.66(3), pp.569-596.

(the first 66 is bold the second not)...any suggestions?

adamsmith

Hi,
in Harvard 2 finde

<group prefix=", ">
<text variable="volume" font-weight="bold"/>
<text variable="issue" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
</group>

change that to:

<group prefix=", vol. ">
<text variable="volume" font-weight="bold"/>
<text variable="issue" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
</group>

done.

sjgknight

Sorted. Many thanks

sjgknight

I thought I Was done but...
How would I add inverted commas around an article title? '[title]' I can't see an obvious "title" section.

cheers

adamsmith

there's a lengthy section in the bibliography part that starts with
<choose>
<if type="book">

and ends with

<else>
−
<group suffix=".">
<text macro="title" prefix=" "/>
<text macro="editor" prefix=" "/>
</group>

where the treatment of titles of different types (distinguished by if/ else-if ) is treated.
you can add simple quotes by simply using quotes="true", I think inverted commas you need to add through prefix suffix.

sjgknight

I'm sure I'm being dense, but I've thrown in inverted commas all over that section (after an initial stumble I've made sure I'm in the bibliography bit) and I can't get them to appear in the bibliography. Sorry to ask for spoon feeding, but where would I need to put/which existing prefix/suffix would I need to use to enclose titles in inverted commas? Thank you for all your help,

sk

adamsmith

which type of titles do you want in inverted commas? All of them? Or just the ones that are in " " in other citation styles (e.g. APSA)

sjgknight

From what I can see it's journal articles, chapters, but not books.

sjgknight

Once I've done this, I would hope anyone else wanting to use this style could, but I'm not clear I/we'll have made all the necessary changes for the style to be perfect. In your opinion is it better to put it on the repository (perhaps labeling it 'untested' or something) or should I copy the code onto the forum here in case people search for the style in the forums?

adamsmith

put it in the repository as untested, yes.

this looks right two me - added prefix="'" suffix="'" in two lines (Note that this is " ' " without spaces)

<else-if type="chapter">
<text macro="title" prefix="'" suffix="'"/>
<group class="container" prefix=" ">
<text term="in" text-case="lowercase"/>
<names variable="editor" prefix=" " suffix="," delimiter=", ">
<name and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with=". "/>
<label form="short" prefix=" " suffix="." text-case="lowercase"/>
</names>
<text variable="container-title" font-style="italic" prefix=" " suffix="."/>
<text variable="collection-title" prefix=" " suffix="."/>
<group suffix=".">
<text macro="publisher" prefix=" "/>
<group prefix=", ">
<label variable="page" form="short" suffix=". "/>
<text variable="page"/>
</group>
</group>
</group>
</else-if>
<else>
<group suffix=".">
<text macro="title" prefix="'" suffix="'" />
<text macro="editor" prefix=" "/>
</group>

sjgknight

I've altered both instances of prefix"'" suffix="'" such that there is a space before the ' in the prefix, so that the date appears with a full stop/period, then a single space, then the '[title]' bit. I guess I'm misunderstanding the syntax but this doesn't seem to be working. Also, where (as below) I have a full stop/period after the title at the moment I need to have a comma. Similarly, I've tried altering the full-stop instances in the code to be commas but I can't see what I need to alter/add to do this. Some (but not all) of the articles in the journal put the issue, a single space, and then in brackets the month published. I'm not sure I have that info on my zotero, so I'll try to not use it, but do you know if it's possible to do this, and what code I'd need to insert? Thank you for all your help and sorry I haven't managed to put all of these into one primary post.

E.G. of current bibliography reference:
Bohet, I. & Zeckhauser, R. (2004).'Social Comparisons in Ultimatum Bargaining'. Scandinavian Journal of Economics, vol. 106(3), pp.495-510.

My bibliography code thus far:
<bibliography>
<option name="hanging-indent" value="false"/>
<option name="et-al-min" value="100"/>
<option name="et-al-use-first" value="1"/>
<sort>
<key macro="author"/>
<key variable="title"/>
</sort>
<layout>
<text macro="author" suffix=""/>
<date variable="issued" prefix=" (" suffix=").">
<date-part name="year"/>
</date>
<choose>
<if type="book">
<group prefix=" " delimiter=" " suffix=".">
<text macro="title" />
<text macro="edition" />
<text macro="editor" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
</group>
<text prefix=" " suffix="." macro="publisher"/>
</if>
<else-if type="chapter">
<text macro="title" prefix=" '" suffix="'"/>
<group class="container" prefix=" ">
<text term="in" text-case="lowercase"/>
<names variable="editor" prefix=" " suffix="," delimiter=", ">
<name and="symbol" sort-separator=", " initialize-with=". "/>
<label form="short" prefix=" " suffix="." text-case="lowercase"/>
</names>
<text variable="container-title" font-style="italic" prefix=" " suffix="."/>
<text variable="collection-title" prefix=" " suffix="."/>
<group suffix=".">
<text macro="publisher" prefix=" "/>
<group prefix=", ">
<label variable="page" form="short" suffix=". "/>
<text variable="page"/>
</group>
</group>
</group>
</else-if>
<else>
<group suffix=".">
<text macro="title" prefix=" '" suffix="'" />
<text macro="editor" prefix=" "/>
</group>
<group class="container" prefix=" " suffix=".">
<text variable="container-title" font-style="italic"/>
<group prefix=", vol. ">
<text variable="volume" font-weight="bold"/>
<text variable="issue" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
</group>
<group prefix=", ">
<label variable="page" form="short" suffix="."/>
<text variable="page"/>
</group>
</group>
</else>
</choose>
<text prefix=" " macro="access" suffix="."/>
</layout>
</bibliography>