Upgrade StorageEnvironmental science & technology (ES&T) style isn't totally right
I am new to zotero, and in the process of writing a paper to submitt to es&t.
I tried the style "Environmental Science & Technology", and also (as I found adviced somewhere) the "American Chemical Society (with titles, no "et al.")" (but it wasn't better).
The problem is small: it doesn't indicate the no., in parenthesis and normal character just after the volume, as (currently) indicated in ES&T author guidelines.
(Example from the guideline:
Travis, E. R.; Hannink, N. K.; van der Gast, C. J.; Thompson, I. P.; Rosser, S. J.; Bruce, N. C. Impact of transgenic tobacco on trinitrotoluene (TNT) contaminated soil community. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007 , 41 (16), 5854–5861; DOI 10.1021/es070507a.
(from: http://pubs.acs.org/paragonplus/submission/esthag/esthag_authguide.pdf )
Zotero would not give the "(16)")
Oh? I also see now that the ES&T example gives the DOI, which zotero does not in my document.
(and both fields are filled in zotero for the paper I am using as a test to make it work... So I really think the problem is that the style is defined in a way that is not in agreement with ES&T expectations)
(I tried to look a bit at the style codes, but I am not really used to this type of codes (it doesn't really look like matlab), and wasn't able so far to do the desired modifications...)
So it would be great if someone somewhere at some point would be so kind as to modify the style "Environmental Science & Technology" to make it in agreement with journal expectations...
I tried the style "Environmental Science & Technology", and also (as I found adviced somewhere) the "American Chemical Society (with titles, no "et al.")" (but it wasn't better).
The problem is small: it doesn't indicate the no., in parenthesis and normal character just after the volume, as (currently) indicated in ES&T author guidelines.
(Example from the guideline:
Travis, E. R.; Hannink, N. K.; van der Gast, C. J.; Thompson, I. P.; Rosser, S. J.; Bruce, N. C. Impact of transgenic tobacco on trinitrotoluene (TNT) contaminated soil community. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007 , 41 (16), 5854–5861; DOI 10.1021/es070507a.
(from: http://pubs.acs.org/paragonplus/submission/esthag/esthag_authguide.pdf )
Zotero would not give the "(16)")
Oh? I also see now that the ES&T example gives the DOI, which zotero does not in my document.
(and both fields are filled in zotero for the paper I am using as a test to make it work... So I really think the problem is that the style is defined in a way that is not in agreement with ES&T expectations)
(I tried to look a bit at the style codes, but I am not really used to this type of codes (it doesn't really look like matlab), and wasn't able so far to do the desired modifications...)
So it would be great if someone somewhere at some point would be so kind as to modify the style "Environmental Science & Technology" to make it in agreement with journal expectations...
(PS: but "Environmental Science & Technology" is already a separate style (http://www.zotero.org/styles), or is it just using the same other ACS style, being the same with a different name?)
1. ES&T says issue number is helpful but not mandatory, but then never says you should not. So, most authors I follow tend to include issue number (more is better approach).
2. The ACS Style Guide (2006) makes this more clear on page 296 where it says:
"
For periodicals in which each issue begins with page 1, include issue information (either the number or the date) in the publication volume field. Issue information is set in roman type, enclosed in parentheses, and spaced from the volume number, which it directly follows.
issue number
Mullin, R. Chem. Eng. News 2005, 83 (42), 7.
date of issue
Mullin, R. Chem. Eng. News 2005, 83 (Oct 17), 7.
"
Given the general practice in ES&T, I'd vote for including issue numbers.
To further elaborate, most journals (such as ES&T, Journal of Air and Waste Management Association) keep page numbers continuous within a volume and yet include an issue number. For these journals, omitting the issue number is okay. However, including the issue number is also okay since it does help zoom in on the article when browsing the journal website.
But if there is a journal out there (I don't know of one) that has volume numbers and issue numbers and starts each issue with page 1, then, the current style will produce an incorrect citation because the issue number is required.
So, in summary, for the want of a better solution, I'd rather include issue number than omit it. This is specifically true for ES&T because all the citation on their website of their own journal include issue number, which going strictly by ACS is not mandatory.
Here's what the Style looks like presently:
Zhai, H.; Frey, H. C.; Rouphail, N. M. A Vehicle-Specific Power Approach to Speed- and Facility-Specific Emissions Estimates for Diesel Transit Buses. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42, 7985–7991.
Here's what I'd like it to become:
Zhai, H.; Frey, H. C.; Rouphail, N. M. A Vehicle-Specific Power Approach to Speed- and Facility-Specific Emissions Estimates for Diesel Transit Buses. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2008, 42 (21), 7985–7991.
The part of the code that seems relevant:
</else-if>
<else-if type="article-journal">
<group delimiter=" ">
<text macro="title" suffix="."/>
<text variable="container-title" font-style="italic" form="short"/>
<group delimiter=", ">
<text macro="issued" font-weight="bold"/>
<text variable="volume" font-style="italic"/>
<text variable="page"/>
</group>
</group>
</else-if>
Hopefully, someone can provide the edited code which I can copy paste (with indentations fixed).
<group delimiter=", "><text macro="issued" font-weight="bold"/>
<group delimiter=" ">
<text variable="volume" font-style="italic"/>
<text variable="issue" prefix="(" suffix=")"/>
</group>
<text variable="page"/>
</group>
While trying to add the edited style to Zotero, I am getting a warning which may be harmless, but I'd like to check before I commit.
I started by copying the original "American Chemical Society (with titles, no "et al.")" code to Notepad++. I then made the edits per your reply above, changed the <title>, and saved it as a .csl. But when I try to install it in Zotero, I get the message that it will over-write my existing "American Chemical Society (with titles, no "et al.")". I was hoping it will install a new style as per the new <title> which is "American Chemical Society (with titles + issue#, no "et al.")". Note that it validates successfully at http://simonster.github.io/csl-validator.js/
I guessed the over-write warning may be because the <id> is same and so I changed it. Now, it no longer validates plus when I try to install, I get the message that it may not work. I do not get the over-write message though.
Original ACS with titles no et al:
<title>American Chemical Society (with titles, no "et al.")</title>
<title-short>ACS</title-short>
<id>http://www.zotero.org/styles/american-chemical-society-with-titles-no-et-al</id>;
Which I changed to:
<title>American Chemical Society (with titles + issue#, no "et al.")</title>
<title-short>ACS</title-short>
<id>american-chemical-society-with-titles-with-issue#-no-et-al</id>
I tried adding:
< bibliography et-al-min="3333" et-al-use-first="1111">
< /bibliography>
just above the:
< /style>
line
but that is wrong according to: https://github.com/citation-style-language/styles/wiki/Validation
(That was probably too naive, but I don't understand csl.....)
(I added the spaces after the "<" symbol here, otherwise it wouldn't display properly..)
Edenhofer, O.; Pichs-Madruga, R.; Sokona, Y.; Minx, J.; Farahani, E.; Kadner, S.; Seyboth, K.; Adler, A.; Baum, I.; Brunner, S.; et al. IPCC, 2014: Climate Change 2014: Mitigation of Climate Change. Contribution of Working Group III to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Cambridge University Press: Cambridge (UK) and New York (USA), 2014
https://axial.acs.org/2018/02/01/review-ready-submission/
We have been approached by the ACS publications office, which specifically requested that we only provide a single, standardized citation style for all ACS journals (as indicated in the above post), so the "no et al." versions of the ACS styles were removed.
At the same time, ACS journal editors, clearly going against this policy, keep telling authors to fix their references to journal specific styles, putting us in an impossible situation. It'd be helpful to get some clarity on this.
"Thank you for your message regarding reference format for ES&T references. I apologize for the delay, but I needed to check with the journal's Editor-in-Chief's office to confirm our style policies.
I spoke with the EIC office, and they let me know that it is fine for you to resubmit as-is. We have found that reviewers prefer full author lists because abbreviated lists often prevent us from knowing the identity of the senior author, but given your valid points about the broader review-ready submission policy, ES&T will stop requesting this information before review.
Please let me know if you have any other questions.
"
Hence I can see why they were asking for the full list, but it sounds they will follow the policy that they had described you. Hence the ES&T style is fine as is, nothing to change, all is good, have a happy life and eat parsnips! (And thanks for the answer)
@Rintze you have the direct contact at ACS, could you ask?
I just recieved the same editorial comments from ES&T too. I have worked out how to manually fix this on Mendeley. If you follow the instructions in the link below you can edit your mendeley styles. For this I changed the Bibliography Layout (Far left) and set the following parameters.
et-al-min 19
et-al-use-first 18
This solved the issue for me, I hope it helps you too
https://www.mendeley.com/guides/using-citation-editor/06-changing-citation-styles
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Seems like it would make sense to take out the et-al settings, despite them contradicting themselves?
I received again the same editorial comment for another manuscript at the same journal.
Would it be possible to provide the procedure to edit the ES&T style enabling authors to comply to these requests from the journal editors?
(Or, alternatively, to update the style in the style repository?)
Thanks @Defarhes, @GFV17, @jesstro.
While we are waiting on Rintze's input, I have suggested a fix. You can get the no-et-al style here. Right click, save as, install in Zotero: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/citation-style-language/styles/f1a49b3472b521fbb061eb8bb067f9025f61972a/american-chemical-society.csl
(Note that your style will likely will be overwritten when Zotero updates. So utilise the style just before submitting the paper. We'll post here once the style is accepted on the global repository.)
Thanks damnation for the quick fix, this is very helpful to meet the current revision deadline!