Help editing citation styles

jml512

Hello all,

Let me preface by stating I really have no idea what I'm doing. I found some pages for instruction on how to edit citation styles on the Zotero website and a user guide for CSL editor, but I haven't made much progress.

OK, so I want to edit the citation style- Archives of Toxicology. In the CSL editor when I populate archives of toxicology the 'edit' button appears to be a broken link and takes me no where. I tried this with Nature and I was able to edit that style. I want to do the same with archives of toxicology.

I also tried downloading archives of toxicology from the Zotero style repository. Once downloaded, I open Zotero and still no luck. I'm able to open the Zotero style editor but archives of toxicology doesn't populate as a style I can select to edit.

ANY information would be extremely useful please! I'm at a loss of what to do next. Thanks for your help!

-JML512

bwiernik

What exactly are the changes you are trying to make to the Archives of Toxicology style?

Is this because the journal style is incorrect, or is this for a different journal?

jml512

The journal style is correct. I am working on creating a new style based off archives of toxicology tailored for my companies preferences.

I am just looking to make minor changes, like adding periods after author names

adamsmith

The style is just a link to "Springer - Basic (author-date)" which is why the editor doesn't let you edit it (though the current behavior is still a bug of course).
Same with the Zotero style editor (though no bug there).

You can just select and edit the Springer style in either Zotero or the visual editor instead.

jml512

@adamsmith- Thank you!! Seriously, thank you! In retrospect, this makes sense but I was so caught up in my frustration in just trying to edit archives of toxicology I didn't realize this was my solution. Again, thank you!