Style Request: Ageing & Society

edited June 2, 2017
Hello, hoping that one of the generous Zotero community members having more tech savvy than I might have time to assist with creating a new style for the Cambridge Core journal, Ageing & Society (ISSN 0144-686X, EISSN 1469-1779).

As per the requested examples:

In-text citation: e.g. (Campbell and Pedersen 2007) or with page number indicated (Campbell and Pedersen 2007: 307). As well, for references with one to three authors, all authors should be named (Campbell, Pedersen and Brown 2007). For references with four or more authors, the following form is required: (Campbell et al. 2003).

Reference list:

Campbell, J.L. and Pedersen, O.K. 2007. The varieties of capitalism and hybrid success. Comparative Political Studies, 40, 3, 307–32. doi:10.1177/0010414006286542

Mares, I. 2001. Firms and the welfare state: when, why, and how does social policy matter to employers? In Hall, P.A. and Soskice, D. (eds), Varieties of Capitalism. The Institutional Foundations of Comparative Advantage. Oxford University Press, New York, 184–213.

***Important note: all authors must be named in the list of references; "et al." is not allowed in the list.

A link to requested styles as described in the Instructions to Authors: https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-file-manager/file/575ac5898d9f13e91d15f5cf

A link to an open access article (formatted for print): https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/30EF6B3BAA03086D22B430B6C7867D9E/S0144686X17000290a.pdf/if_they_dont_use_it_they_lose_it_how_organisational_structures_and_practices_shape_residents_physical_movement_in_care_home_settings.pdf

Many thanks if someone is able to take this on!
  • edited June 2, 2017
    That's logged. Will take a while though.
    Can you upload the style guidelines somewhere and post a link here? The link you provided does not work (University of Calgary...).
    Emu - Austral Ornithology is a pretty good match for now.
  • edited June 2, 2017
    So sorry about that! Here is a public link to the style guide (also fixed in original post):
    https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-file-manager/file/575ac5898d9f13e91d15f5cf

    Emu looked good, but upon closer analysis (spacing, multiple authors, etc.), I felt that Cultural Studies of Science Education would be the easiest to revise by hand just prior to submission.

    Regardless I will keep my eyes open, and very much appreciate the efforts on your/your colleagues' behalf. Would be fabulous if this style were available to use in the future.
  • edited June 2, 2017
    @amtoohey
    Have a go with this (right click and saveas): https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damnation333/styles/patch-60/ageing-and-society.csl

    Let me know if it needs some fixes.
  • I cannot adequately express my thanks. One tiny fix to request - when multiple authors appear in the reference list, could you please drop the comma that precedes "and"?

    And one question - is it possible to control the case of titles within the style itself? For instance, journal article titles are requested to use sentence case, but I see that my references are inconsistent, depending on how they were originally captured in my Zotero database.

    If I discover any other fixes I will let you know. And, lastly, I realize that you dedicated your time voluntarily to help me (and undoubtedly others in the future) out. I intend to donate to the Center for History and New Media as per Zotero's request, but it looks as though their online form is down right now.

    Thanks again!
  • And one question - is it possible to control the case of titles within the style itself?
    Yes and no:
    https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/sentence_casing
  • Zotero doesn't take donations anymore; the best way you can "give back" is to spread the word and, if it'd be useful to you, consider paying for Zotero storage. (I think damnation actually uses Mendeley himself; they just use the same citation styles).
  • Many thanks, adamsmith, for the helpful link on controlling cases. That was what I suspected.

    And absolutely - I've been using Zotero for nearly a decade and sing its praises to anyone who will listen. I will in fact be introducing an undergrad summer student to Zotero in the next couple of weeks.

    Will also keep the storage option in mind.

    Thanks again to you and to damnation - I remain both amazed and grateful for how quickly my style request was attended to!
  • No worries. Glad to hear your spreading the zotero love and that you're so thankful. I've put in the fix: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/damnation333/styles/1070573eabd8d4738771ebc6cf12ef69f4852e24/ageing-and-society.csl

    I actually don't use any reference manager anymore, since I've left academia some years ago. ;)

    I've recently supported this fundraising campaign if you want to donate: https://www.generosity.com/community-fundraising/greece-works-donate-now-and-help-create-jobs
  • New iteration works perfectly - will be in touch if I spot anything else to fix.

    And many thanks for link to fundraising campaign; have made a contribution in appreciation of your superb assistance.

    Take care, until next time...
  • Hello again, damnation - have found one more fix, please, at your convenience. Reference list requested as double-spaced. Thank you!
  • Thank you, though now I'm running into a slight hitch.

    I have noticed that even after I have re-installed the latest .csl file, the date remains June 2, and the spacing in my document, when I refresh Zotero, does not budge.

    I've used up my own bag of tricks: uninstalling previous version of the Ageing & Society style; clearing Firefox history/cache; restarting Firefox; restarting my entire system ...

    Thoughts?

    I am in no rush - fixing spacing at the last minute is quite easy. But it makes sense to see this through, for future Zotero use.



  • The new and fixed style should be on the Zotero repo within the next hour or so. I've changed the time stamp, so it should come up with today's date to help with your troubleshooting.
  • Thanks so much. Seeing the date stamp was really helpful!

    What finally worked for me was to uninstall/reinstall the style in my zotero preferences, then to temporarily change my document settings to a different style (didn't matter which), and then to change the doc settings BACK to Ageing&Society. Then the spacing issue was fixed. Simply hitting refresh did not work.

    I'm providing these details just in case they are helpful to others.

    Again, cheers!

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