Parentheses turn into brackets in Oxford University press (note) style

rfl.danna

Hello everyone,

I am using the Oxford University press (note) style and am encountering a problem: when I create a bibliography at the end of the document, some references come out in the following (correct) form, with round parentheses:

Grendler, Paul F. Schooling in Renaissance Italy: Literacy and Learning, 1300-1600 (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989).

Others come out with square brackets, like the following:

Carter, Tim, and Richard Goldthwaite. Orpheus in the Marketplace: Jacopo Peri and the Economy of Late Renaissance Florence [Cambridge (Mass): Harvard University Press, 2013].

I can't spot a reason why zotero does this: any idea on how to correct it?

Thank you!

adamsmith

It's the parentheses around (Mass:) -- nested parentheses are auto-converted by the citation style. I think this is in the wrong direction (the inner ones should turn to [Mass]) but the principle seems right.

rfl.danna

Thanks for the reply!

I'm afraid that the problem is not only with nested parentheses. I also gets lines such as this:

Wagner, Roi. Making and Breaking Mathematical Sense: Histories and Philosophies of Mathematical Practice [Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2017].

I am working with word and I have divided the document into several sections. Is it possible that the division into sections conflicts with Zotero?

adamsmith

Sections shouldn't matter. There are no parentheses anywhere around the citation in question?

rfl.danna

Thank you for the reply, and sorry for being a bit late.

Yep: there are no other parentheses around the citation. I can upload a pdf of what I get if you think that could be useful.

I have noticed, though, that the title after which round parentheses turn into square brackets has a round parenthesis that is 'opened', but not 'closed':

... [all titles with round parentheses]
Hoskin, Keith, Debin Ma, and Richard Macve. ‘A Genealogy of Myths About the Rationality of Accounting in the West and in the East’. SSRN Electronic Journal, (2013. https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2389309. [here the round parenthesis is opened but not closed]

Howson, A. G. A History of Mathematics Education in England [Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1982].

... [all titles with square brackets]

And this continues until the opposite happens: a square bracket is 'opened' but not 'closed':

Yamey, Basil. ‘The Functional Development of Double-Entry Bookkeeping’. The Accountant, [1940, 333–342. [here the square bracket is 'opened' but not 'closed']

Yeldham, Florence A. The Story of Reckoning in the Middle Ages (London: G.G. Harrap & Company Limited, 1926).

Do you think this could be a clue as to why Zotero does this?

Many many thanks!

adamsmith

yeah, I'm sure the opening parentheses are the problem. They also look like typos?

rfl.danna

I've realised that the two references where zotero messes up were both in the category Journal articles, and were both missing a value either for the Volume or the Issue. So I guess there must be a bug in the Oxford University press (note) style when these fields are empty

Does this sound reasonable?

rfl.danna

Also, is there a way to tell zotero to avoid displaying the doi identification and urls of resources?

Thank you very much!

adamsmith

we can definitely take a look at the parentheses in the style.

It's certainly possible technically to omit DOI/URL but not sure that'd be correct for the style in question, especially the DOI. For the URL, make sure the "include URL" checkbox is off in the Style-->Cite tab of the preferences

rfl.danna

Great thank you!

How would I know if the style was updated? Should I delete it and download it again to update it?

adamsmith

I'll post here and you can then simply re-install to update (or just wait), no need to delete.

rfl.danna

Fantastic, thank you!

adamsmith

The parenthesis issue is now fixed, the style has likely already updated in your Zotero.

rfl.danna

This is truly wonderful: thank you very much!