Style errors [Wiley-VCH books]

Hi,

I found several errors in the Wiley-VCH Books style, after installing the latest version (2015-04-05 08:16:21). It appears from the source code that the style is indeed based on the same guidelines set forth from the publisher on books:

http://www.wiley-vch.de/publish/en/authors/auguidelines

I tried to focus on one error in each snippet below.

MAJOR errors:
1. Author surname order.
Current: S. Stewart and K.C. Kam
Correct: Stewart, S. and Kam, K.C.

2. Publication date-parenthetical year should follow authors
Current: Onodera, A., Inoue, K., Yoshihara, H. Synthesis of cubic boron nitride from rhombohedral under high static pressure. Journal of Materials Science, 25 (10), 429–484 (1990).
Correct: Onodera, A., Inoue, K., Yoshihara, H. (1990) Synthesis of cubic boron nitride from rhombohedral under high static pressure. Journal of Materials Science, 25 (10), 429–484.

3. Chapter/article/proceedings/report titles-should not be offset by quotation marks.
Current: Stewart, S. and Kam, K.C. (1990) "Radiotherapy techniques, planning and equipment," in Treatment of Cancer, 2nd edn (eds K. Sikora and K.E. Halnan), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, pp. 827–851.
Correct: same as above, without quotations

4.Journal Volume number should be in parentheses
Current: Onodera, A., Inoue, K., Yoshihara, H. Synthesis of cubic boron nitride from rhombohedral under high static pressure. Journal of Materials Science, 25, 10, 429–484 (1990).
Correct: Onodera, A., Inoue, K., Yoshihara, H. (1990) Synthesis of cubic boron nitride from rhombohedral under high static pressure. Journal of Materials Science, 25, (10), 429–484.

5. No "and" necessary to delimit last author of with 3 or more authors
Current: Onodera, A., Inoue, K., and Yoshihara, H.
Correct: Onodera, A., Inoue, K., Yoshihara, H.

Greatly appreciate if these fixes could be made, as they globally affect my references. Thanks!
  • if you look at the preview of the style in the repository, at least most of this is correct. Have you tried re-installing the style? It was fixed yesterday and something may have gone wrong with the timestamp, preventing proper updating locally.
  • Hi adamsmith,

    A reinstall worked to reflect the changes (switched between styles & refreshed in Word).

    I see fixes for issues (1), (2), (3), (4). Thanks for pointing them out and for your quick response! Although not ideal, I can delete "and" in the editor for each citation for issue (5).

    However, as a result of the fixes, "et al." is now included when 3 or more authors are listed. And the guidelines state:

    We request that you, regardless of the number, name all authors.


    This would be my big fix request to the current version. Any chance this is possible?
  • yeah, removing and and et-al is easy, I'll do it some time this week.
  • Sorry for the confusion adamsmith, but the main issue with "et al" is that all the authors must get listed, as per guidelines, so won't be a simple delete.

    Never tried it, but I'll give it a go with the CSL editor to get it done (deadline's v. soon). Thanks for your help!
  • well, it's deleting the et-al command, so it really is quite simple.
  • Got it to work using the citation styles editor, and saved my edited Wiley-VCH book style locally.

    Worked perfectly on my first try, with no experience.
  • @bk178: Feel free to contribute your improved version.
  • (or let us know if you're not going to be able to do that, in which case one of us will get to it -- but contributing it would be very much appreciated)
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