Style request

Matthieu Garin
Hello,
I am looking for the citation style for "European Polymer Journal" from Elsevier. This style is defined as follow :

All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript. In the text refer to references by a number in square brackets on the line (e.g. Since Akovali[1]), and the full reference should be given in a numerical list at the end of the paper.

References should be given in the following form:

1. Akovali G, Rzaer ZMO, Mamedov DG. Plasma surface modification of polyethylene with organosilicon an organotin monomers. Euro Polym Jnl 1996;32(3):375-383.

2. Scherowsky G. Ferroelectric polymers. In: Nalwa HS, editor. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1995. p. 435-537.

3. Noshav A, McGrath JE. Block copolymers overviews and criteria survey. New York: Academic, 1977.

This is the link to the style guide: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/294/authorinstructions#68000

I did not find a link to a free sample paper but this is the link of the journal: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00143057
  • adamsmith
    That's some version of Vancouver - try some of the repository, then pick the closest and let us know what needs to be changed.
    See under 3. here: https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Requesting-Styles
  • Matthieu Garin
    Thank you for your answer. The closest style is: Vancouver with Superscript, Brackets and only year in date.

    These are the differences I found for the chapters references with the style I am looking for:

    -it is not a semicolon but a comma before the date

    -for the reference to the chapter, it is written: "Dans" (french version) instead of "In"

    These are the differences I found for journal articles references with the style I am looking for:

    -numbers in the references list are given in square brackets like numbers in the text. There is no point after the numbers in the references list

    -in the text, references numbers are not in exponent

    -there are journal abbreviations for journal names composed with several words. For example:
    -"Macromolecular Bioscience": Macromol Biosci
    -"Journal of Applied Polymer Science": J Appl Polym Sci
    -"European Polymer Journal": Eur Polym J
    -"Macromolecular Materials and Engineering": Macromol Mater Eng
    -"Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry": J Polym
    Sci Pol Chem
    -"Journal of Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics": J Polym
    Sci Pol Phys

    I don't know if you need more examples for journal abbreviations.
  • Gracile
    For abbreviations:
    http://www.zotero.org/support/kb/journal_abbreviations
    and http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/8874/getting-journal-abbreviations-from-a-repository/#Item_45
  • adamsmith
    I'll have a look but will take some time. None of these changes are hard, so if you're in a hurry you can also try to do it yourself.
    http://www.zotero.org/support/dev/citation_styles/style_editing_step-by-step
  • noksagt
    This is awfully close to http://www.zotero.org/styles/elsevier-vancouver
  • Matthieu Garin
    Indeed it's the style : Elsevier Vancouver.
    It just misses "In:" before the name of a book for book chapter citation
  • noksagt
    Elsevier Vancouver does use the same "In:" for book sections that your example has ( see Ref [6] on the mouse-over preview at http://www.zotero.org/styles )
  • adamsmith
    The problem is localization. Elsevier Vancouver doesn't have a default locale set, so Matthieu is getting French terms.
    http://www.zotero.org/support/supported_languages#citations_and_bibliographies

    Btw. the styleguide on the EPJ is not equivalent to Elsevier Vancouver, though the style that M. describes seems like it is Elsevier V.

    EPJ:
    2. Scherowsky G. Ferroelectric polymers. In: Nalwa HS, editor. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1995. p. 435-537.
    Elsevier Vancouver:
    [2] Scherowsky G. Ferroelectric polymers. In: Nalwa HS, editor. New York: Marcel Dekker, Inc.; 1995. pp. 435-537.

    Also Elsevier Vancouver contracts page numbers (375-83) and EPJ does not.
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