Incorrect reference order in the main body for Journal of Neurosurgery citation style

edwachristopher

Report ID: 1349870486

Hi there,

Right now I am in the process of drafting my manuscript for consideration in the Journal of Neurosurgery. I noted these errors in my reference order:

...Zined meets Markus [3,43,65,70,79]. After, Zined meets Holger [3,4,65,80]. Finally, Zined went home [67,83].

The big issue in the abovementioned example is that reference no 81 and 82 did not appear before 83 has been counted for the first time.

I refreshed and updated it many times. It changes nothing. Interestingly, if I change the citation style to Vancouver the problem resolves. But I really need to use the Journal of Neurosurgery citation style as I heard they are very particular about this..

Is there anyone who can help me please?

Thanks a lot!

bwiernik

If you change to Vancouver, then change back to Journal of Neurosurgery, is the order fixed?

edwachristopher

Just tried it - still no luck..

Edit: I have also tried the actions outlined below:

https://www.zotero.org/support/word_processor_plugin_troubleshooting#debugging_broken_documents

But still no luck as well.

bwiernik

The style is set to sort first by authors, then by title, not by order of appearance. Do the journal guidelines indicate that they should be sorted by order of appearance? Can you provide a link?

adamsmith

That's what I'm seeing in the journal, too, so I'd assume alphabetical -- which does mean weird numbering in the text -- is correct.

edwachristopher

Actually thank you for pointing this out - I just checked previous papers published by the Journal of Neurosurgery and they do appear 'out of place', although that's what the Journal of Neurosurgery wants. I also checked the author guidelines and they didn't mention that references have to sorted by order of appearance.

In other words, the Journal of Neurosurgery citation style has been correct all this while! Many apologies for the inconvenience, it has been an oversight on my end. Thank you bwiernik and sorry for troubling you..

This is why Zotero is so great!

edwachristopher

Also thank you adamsmith for the heads up!