Request new citation version for Advanced Science

Hi,
I need a new version zotero reference style for "Advanced Science". The version of CSL currently provided by Zotero is out of date.

The author-guidelines of Advanced Science:https://advanced.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/21983844/author-guidelines

Please use full citations in the following format :
1. H. Hussein, A. Damdam, L. Ren, et al., “Actuation of Mobile Microbots: A Review,” Advanced Intelligent Systems 5, no. 9 (2023): 2300168. https://doi.org/10.1002/aisy.202300168
2. J. Li, B. Liu, W. Chen, S. Zhang, J. Deng, and Y. Liu, “An Agile 3 Cm-Scale Quadruped Piezoelectric Robot with a Rigid Ring-Shaped Structure,” Advanced Functional Materials (2025): 2422499,
https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.202422499
3. S. Ronca 2017. “ Chapter 10-Polyethylene.” in Brydson's Plastics Materials. Eighth Ed., edited by M. Gilbert, Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann. ISBN 978-0-323-35824-8.
4. F. C. Bettonvil et al., “Telescope Design for High-Resolution Solar Observations,” in Proceedings of the SPIE Conference Series, vol. 4853 (2003): 306.
5. R. J. Rutten, “Solar Chromosphere Observations and Models,” in The Physics of Chromospheric Plasmas, ed. P. Heinzel, I. Dorotovic, and R. J. Rutten, ASP Conference Series 368 (2007): 27.

I would be very grateful if you could help me. :)

  • what are the concrete errors?
  • Thanks for your timely response!

    Here are the concrete errors in the current Zotero CSL file when compared to the official journal examples and recently published papers:

    1. Missing Article Title: The CSL completely omits the article title. According to the journal guidelines, the full-length article title must be included and enclosed in quotation marks (e.g., “Actuation of Mobile Microbots: A Review,”).


    2. Incorrect Journal Title Format: The CSL calls for form="short", which generates abbreviated journal names (e.g., Adv. Sci.). The journal requires the full-length journal name (e.g., Advanced Intelligent Systems).


    3. Missing Issue Number: The CSL layout only extracts the volume variable. It lacks the configuration to output the issue number, which the journal requires in the format of no. X (e.g., no. 9).


    4. Incorrect Year Placement & Formatting: The CSL places a bolded year immediately after the journal title. The actual style requires the year to be unbolded, placed inside parentheses after the volume/issue, and followed by a colon (e.g., 5, no. 9 (2023):).


    5. Missing Author Truncation (Et al.) Rule: The journal requires that if the number of authors exceeds 6, it should list the first 3 followed by "et al." The current CSL lacks the max-authors="6", et-al-min="7", and et-al-use-first="3" attributes in the author/citation macros.

    Overall, the CSL file is currently using Advanced Functional Materials as a template, which utilizes the traditional Wiley-VCH numeric style (no titles, short journal names). It needs to be updated to the Chicago-based style currently used by Advanced Science.
  • @Rur1sama I'm just stepping in as a non-expert and a non-native English speaker... but maybe you should pay attention to what the guidelines say _before_ those examples:

    "There is no submission requirement for formatting references. If your manuscript is accepted for publication, the typesetters will update the formatting into the journal style.

    See a few examples below (using Chicago reference style). List all authors, but if the number exceeds six please list three followed by "et al." Include the full length article title, and the full length journal name. Use of the DOI is optional, but highly recommended."

    Those examples, therefore, use the Chicago reference style rather than the journal style. You should be able to obtain citations that look like those examples by using the Chicago CSL style.
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