New Style Request -- Title first, then authors, etc.

Alan_Meier

I would like to list my publications, starting with their titles. I realize that this format is non-standard but it makes more sense on a CV or other list where the objective is to familiarize the reader with topics rather than authors.

Ideally this format would include an option to allow a certain author's name to be bold-faced.

I could not find any template with these features.

thanks in advance

bwiernik

The first feature will be a pretty easy tweak to an existing style. What is the basic style you want to use (e.g., APA, Chicago, NLM, etc.)? I can tell you what to change in the CSL style code to put the title first.

For the second feature, Zotero can't do that automatically, but you can do it using Word's Find and Replace feature: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/microsoft-office/search-and-replace-specific-formatting-fonts-stylesetc-in-microsoft-word/

Alan_Meier

Let's keep this as simple as possible. Chicago, with only the title and authors reversed.

bwiernik

Okay, download the style source code from here: https://www.zotero.org/styles/chicago-author-date

Open the .csl file in a text editor (TextEdit, Notepad, etc.)

Near the end of the file, look for this section:
<bibliography hanging-indent="true" et-al-min="11" et-al-use-first="7" subsequent-author-substitute="———" entry-spacing="0">
<sort>
<key macro="contributors"/>
<key variable="issued"/>
<key variable="title"/>
</sort>
<layout suffix=".">
<group delimiter=". ">
<text macro="contributors"/>
<text macro="date"/>
<text macro="title"/>
</group>
<text macro="description"/>
<text macro="secondary-contributors" prefix=". "/>
<text macro="container-title" prefix=". "/>
<text macro="container-contributors"/>
<text macro="edition"/>
<text macro="locators-chapter"/>
<text macro="collection-title-journal" prefix=", " suffix=", "/>
<text macro="locators"/>
<text macro="collection-title" prefix=". "/>
<text macro="issue"/>
<text macro="locators-article"/>
<text macro="access" prefix=". "/>
</layout>
</bibliography>

Change that code between the < bibliography > tags to this:
<bibliography hanging-indent="true" et-al-min="11" et-al-use-first="7" subsequent-author-substitute="———" entry-spacing="0">
<sort>
<key variable="issued"/>
<key variable="title"/>
<key macro="contributors"/>
</sort>
<layout suffix=".">
<group delimiter=". ">
<text macro="title"/>
<text macro="date"/>
<text macro="contributors"/>
</group>
<text macro="description"/>
<text macro="secondary-contributors" prefix=". "/>
<text macro="container-title" prefix=". "/>
<text macro="container-contributors"/>
<text macro="edition"/>
<text macro="locators-chapter"/>
<text macro="collection-title-journal" prefix=", " suffix=", "/>
<text macro="locators"/>
<text macro="collection-title" prefix=". "/>
<text macro="issue"/>
<text macro="locators-article"/>
<text macro="access" prefix=". "/>
</layout>
</bibliography>

Now, near the beginning of the file, find these lines:
<title>Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (author-date)</title>
<id>http://www.zotero.org/styles/chicago-author-date</id>;
<link href="http://www.zotero.org/styles/chicago-author-date"; rel="self"/>

Change them to:
<title>Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (CV)</title>
<id>http://www.zotero.org/styles/chicago-curriculum-vitae</id>;
<link href="http://www.zotero.org/styles/chicago-curriculum-vitae"; rel="self"/>

Save the file and then drag it to Zotero. You should get a prompt asking if you want to instal the new style.

That will create a bibliography with Title. Date. Authors. Everything else. It also changes the references to sort by date, then title, then authors.

Alan_Meier

This worked perfectly. I suspect that others will find this format useful for CVs and publication lists where the titles are more important than the lists of authors.

Thanks very much bwiernik!

Alan_Meier

This style worked 6 years ago but now I can't seem to re-implement it. Did something change in zotero? I noticed that the solution has ";" in it while downloaded code does not.
thanks in advance for any suggestions.

adamsmith

There's a weird glitch with code display on the forum -- just remove all ; in the two code snippets

Alan_Meier

That worked perfectly (to quote myself from 6 years ago). Thanks for rapid response.

This may be a larger question: how do I underline my own name (or another author)?

adamsmith

You can't underline (or otherwise format differently) individual authors, sorry. I'd suggest doing that at the end using search & replace in your word processor.