3 errors in Frontiers citation style
I found 3 errors in the style. One comment per error
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When a reference ends with an URL or a DOI there is no period after it. See for example https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1306532/full
American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct (2002, amended effective June 1, 2010, and January 1, 2017). Available at: https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/
and
Andrich, D. (1978). A rating formulation for ordered response categories. Psychometrika 43, 561–573. doi: 10.1007/BF02293814
However, compare the period when no URL/DOI is provided
Aqdas, R., Bilal, A., Abbas, A., and Zirwa, F. (2016). Impact of resistance to change and creative self-efficacy on enhancing creative performance. GBSE. 2, 150–161.
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When a reference ends with an URL or a DOI there is no period after it. See for example https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1306532/full
American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct (2002, amended effective June 1, 2010, and January 1, 2017). Available at: https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/
and
Andrich, D. (1978). A rating formulation for ordered response categories. Psychometrika 43, 561–573. doi: 10.1007/BF02293814
However, compare the period when no URL/DOI is provided
Aqdas, R., Bilal, A., Abbas, A., and Zirwa, F. (2016). Impact of resistance to change and creative self-efficacy on enhancing creative performance. GBSE. 2, 150–161.
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There should be a period before the URL/DOI. This is not produced for books/chapters with URL/DOI, i.e., the period should be after the location
(for more examples, use Google with
"springer. doi" site:frontiersin.org
or similar)
Examples:
American Psychological Association. (2017). Ethical principles of psychologists and code of conduct (2002, amended effective June 1, 2010, and January 1, 2017). Available at: https://www.apa.org/ethics/code/
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1306532/full
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Arnaudo, M. (2023). Studying gamebooks: a framework for analysis. Analog Game Studies, X(II). Available at: https://analoggamestudies.org/2023/09/studying-gamebooks-a-framework-for-analysis/
Brundtland, G. (1987). Report of the world commission on environment and development: our common future. United Nations General Assembly document A/42/427. Available at: https://gat04-live-1517c8a4486c41609369c68f30c8-aa81074.divio-media.org/filer_public/6f/85/6f854236-56ab-4b42-810f-606d215c0499/cd_9127_extract_from_our_common_future_brundtland_report_1987_foreword_chpt_2.pdf
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Leaf, J. B., Cihon, J. H., Ferguson, J. L., and Weiss, M. J. (2022). Handbook of Applied Behavior Analysis Interventions for Autism: Integrating Research into Practice. Switzerland: Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-96478-8
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2023.1190108/full
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Connelly, M., and Xu, S. (2020). “Reciprocal learning as a comparative education model and as an exemplar of Schwab’s the practical in curriculum inquiry,” in Oxford research encyclopedia of education, eds L. Sokal and J. Katz (Oxford: Oxford University Press). doi: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264093.013.1161
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2023.1327421/full
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Koenitz, H. (2015). Design approaches for interactive digital narrative. In H. Schoenau-Fog, L. E. Bruni, S. Louchart, and S Baceviciute (Hrsg.), Interactive storytelling 8th international conference on interactive digital storytelling, ICIDS 2015. New York, NY: Springer. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-27036-4_5
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frvir.2023.1132785/full
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Alexandre, F., Dominey, P. F., Gaussier, P., Girard, B., Khamassi, M., and Rougier, N. P. (2020). “When artificial intelligence and computational neuroscience meet,” in A Guided Tour of Artificial Intelligence Research, eds P. Marquis, O. Papini, and H. Prade (Cham: Springer). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-06170-8_9
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbot.2023.1214871/full
The location and "publisher"/university should be included for thesis
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Luo, X. (2019). Study on the change of teaching beliefs of Chinese normal students in the background of intercultural reciprocity learning—taking the RLTESECC Project as an example. Ph. D Thesis. Chongqing: Southwest University.
Luo, X. (2019). Study on the change of teaching beliefs of Chinese normal students in the background of intercultural reciprocity learning—taking the RLTESECC Project as an example.
is produced given:
```
[
{
"type": "thesis",
"event-place": "Chongqing",
"genre": "Ph. D Thesis",
"publisher": "Southwest University",
"publisher-place": "Chongqing",
"title": "Study on the change of teaching beliefs of Chinese normal students in the background of intercultural reciprocity learning—taking the RLTESECC Project as an example",
"author": [
{
"family": "Luo",
"given": "X"
}
],
"issued": {
"date-parts": [
[
"2019"
]
]
}
}
]
```
Hawking, S. W. (1966). Properties of expanding universes. Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository. doi: 10.17863/CAM.11283