There are a billion different citation formats with their own rules. I don't think there is any simple answer to the question you ask. On 10/11/2012 2:45 PM, William Gunn wrote: > Hi list! > > I have a technical question about formatting citation output which > some of you may have dealt with in the past. I see journal names and > their abbreviations listed three different ways: > > ALL CAPS no periods: > http://images.webofknowledge.com/WOK46/help/WOS/A_abrvjt.html > Proper Case, with periods: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/BIOS/j_abbr.html > Proper Case, no periods: http://home.ncifcrf.gov/research/bja/journams_a.html > > As far as I'm aware, citations in published papers should always be > proper case, but are there any cases where a journal should be cited > without periods in the abbreviated form? I'm aware of the edge cases > like PLOS, JAMA, BMJ, but what I'm wondering is if anyone knows of any > instances where a journal which is normally abbreviated as Anal. > Biochem. would instead be formatted as Anal Biochem (without periods) > in the references list/bibliography for a paper? > > If anyone has dealt with this issue in the past, I'd love to hear what > you came up with. Thanks! > > > William Gunn > +1 646 755 9862 > http://synthesis.williamgunn.org/about/ > > Support free access to scientific journal articles arising from > taxpayer-funded research: http://wh.gov/6TH > >