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Fix issues regarding [internet] and [preprint] for PLoS as per: #4138 (and pointed out again here: #4140 (comment)) Please check carefully if I did this correctly. :)
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Sep 27, 2019
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Sep 27, 2019
Below are some sample citations generated based on your proposed changes: plos.csl (modified style; unchanged output for sample items)[1,2] |
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dhimmel
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Sep 27, 2019
In greenelab/meta-review#261, I evaluate the effect of the new PLOS style from 82df7b5 on our reference formatting. The result is available in I can confirm that
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Re [Preprint]: Item 23 and 35 are blog articles and should NOT be article-journals. |
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Sep 29, 2019
Below are some sample citations generated based on your proposed changes: plos.csl (modified style; unchanged output for sample items)[1,2] |
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dhimmel
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Sep 29, 2019
Unfortunately the meaning of "preprint" differs from the obvious interpretation of an article prior to print publication. Instead in the life sciences, the term is defined as such:
The key distinctions is that preprints are posted at the author's discretion, independent of approval from peer review. They are usually hosted on preprint servers that are distinct from the journals, although some journals like F1000 Research also make submitted articles available prior to peer review and acceptance and these could be called preprints (but this is a corner case). The PLOS guidelines add
I'd suggest never labeling an
Good catch. Will look into fixing my metadata. |
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I see. In that case that conditional doesn't make sense. I've removed it again. |
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We have discussed using |
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Sep 29, 2019
Below are some sample citations generated based on your proposed changes: plos.csl (modified style; unchanged output for sample items)[1,2] |
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dhimmel
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Sep 29, 2019
I rebuilt the manuscript with the style from dfe2507: The PR looks good on my end! An improvement for sure. Thanks @POBrien333. |
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Thanks both! |
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@adam3smith From my perspective, the spec doesn’t really clearly define the meaning of any item type, so conventions about type usage are important to consider. The current typical conventional for preprints is to use |
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dhimmel
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Oct 2, 2019
Agreed although this should be fixed by updating the schema with definitions.
I'm happy to use the |
POBrien333 commentedSep 27, 2019
Fix issues regarding [internet] and [preprint] for PLoS as per: #4138 (and pointed out again here: #4140 (comment))
Please check carefully if I did this correctly. :)
@dhimmel, can you give this a test ride?