APA style but I want it to appear as a numeric citation in the text

kasia.g
hi,

I need to use the APA style for my current work but I don't want it to appear as (Author, Date) in the text.
Instead of that I need it to appear as just a number.

Consequently the Bibliography needs to be sorted by 1., 2., and so on instead of alphabetically.

I have been trying to write a new Style but it is not working.

Thanks for the help!!
  • fbennett
    Citing by number and the ordering of items in the bibliography are separate decisions. Are you sure you don't want the bibliography sorted alphabetically?

    If you paste your style code to http://gist.github.com, save it as a public gist and post the URL from the address bar back here, I can take a look.
  • adamsmith
    But the basic instructions are simple: Replace the entire APA citation section - i.e. the part between and including <citation> and </citation> with the section from a numeric style you like - one of the Vancouver styles e.g.

    Then remove the sort section, i.e. the part between and including <sort> and </sort>
    Finally, put
    <text variable="citation-number" suffix=". "/> in the line right after <layout...> of the bibliography section.
  • kasia.g
    hey!
    thanks a lot for your help. The style works now.
    I am not happy with the layout yet but I hope that I can fix that as well...
  • scott.stacey
    I need this same option (numbered citations in text, reference lists in order of appearance in text with the references formatted in APA style) but am a novice and can't write a new Style. Any ideas?

    Also - this seems like it would be useful to a lot of social science researchers for grant proposals, etc.
  • adamsmith
    if you give us an example of a guide or grant requirements that ask for this I'm happy to put it up.

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