Style Change Request: Chemistry Education Research and Practice

The current CSL file (https://www.zotero.org/styles/chemistry-education-research-and-practice) is incorrect for the Royal Society of Chemistry journal Chemistry Education Research and Practice.

The description on the website for the journal says:
"Submissions to the journal should use Harvard referencing.

Citations in the text should therefore be made by use of the surname of the author(s) and the year of the publication, at the appropriate place. Note that with one or two authors the name(s) are given, while if the source has three or more authors, it is cited with the first named author as 'Author et al.'

When more than one source is cited in the text, they should be listed in chronological and then alphabetical order for example, '(Jones, 2001; Smith, 2001; Adams, 2006)'. The references themselves are given at the end of the final printed text, in alphabetical and, if the same author is cited more than once, chronological order. "

An example reference is included (see: http://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/about-journals/chemistry-education-research-practice/#journal-specific-guidelines).

A better look at references is to view a recently published article which is open-access: see http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2017/rp/c7rp00064b?page=search

The issues are that the current CSL file are that authors are listed incorrectly. They should be listed as '1st_author_last_name First_initial. Second_initial., 2nd_Author_last_name First_Initial. Second_Initial., etc.'

As seen in the current CSL file, the authors are referenced as "First_initial. Second_initial. Last_name,..." Additionally, the year of publication is incorrect. It should be listed following the authors in parentheses.

The Journal itself offers EndNote formatting files but no general CSL file to be used with Zotero or Mendeley (EndNote file available here: http://www.rsc.org/journals-books-databases/journal-authors-reviewers/author-tools-services/ OR http://endnote.com/downloads/style/chemistry-education-research-and-practice-cerp)

I hope this can be easily updated soon to be used by this community.

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