Style Error: British Journal of Political Science

penguinstenny

BJPolS seem to have done a fairly radical style shift early this year, switching to parenthetical format and changing their works cited look significantly as well. The Zotero CSL file for now was made in 2015, and was surely right for their previous system; however, as of March 2018, they have a new style guide, which is found here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/information/instructions-contributors/style-guide

damnation

Thank you for reporting and having a look already.

Will have a go at the style in the next weeks. Keep an eye on it here. :)

damnation

Hi @penguinstenny
I just had a look at some recent publications (July 2018) and I do not see that they have changed their citation style.

https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/british-journal-of-political-science/open-access

adamsmith

If they changed the style in March, that wouldn't be reflected in current publications. They have at least 6 months, likely 12 months, publication lag.

damnation

Thanks adamsmith.

@penguinstenny
I've had a go at the style and it's been reviewed.
You can update in Zotero or it'll auto-update.
https://www.zotero.org/styles?q=british-journal-of-political-science

wdblak

I've downloaded the updated style, but I'm still having trouble with the citations using parentheses by default. It appears the BJPS only uses parentheses if there is a prefix to the citation, like

See Smith (2005); Jones (2007).

or if there is a page number cited, like

Smith (2005), p. 100.

Otherwise the citations would read

Smith 2005; Jones 2007.

Am I doing something wrong or can this issue be addressed by editing the style?

adamsmith

No, I think you're reading the style wrong. The default citations should be (Smith 2005; Jones 2007). Not sure what makes you think otherwise? E.g. from the style guide:
(Elster 1983a; Elster 1983b)

wdblak

My apologies. I was looking at articles published before BJPS changed its style guide.