A journal has asked me to format my work so it conforms with their citation and bibliography guidelines - the problem is that their formatting guidelines are really weird, and they don't have a template.
Here's a summary of my predicament.
In-Text Citations
Rather than the in-text citations coming out as
Read (2006, pp. 194--5) or (Read, 2006, pp. 194-5)
they need to look like this:
Read [2006: 194--5], [Read 2006: 194--5]
(Same applies for year only citations)
Article Bibliography Entries
Rather than the bibliography entry for an article being:
Beall, J. C., & Restall, G. (2000). Logical Pluralism. Australasian Journal of Philosophy, 78(4), 475--493.
It should be:
Beall, J. C., and Restall, G. 2000. Logical Pluralism, Australasian Journal of Philosophy 78/4: 475--93.
Book Bibliography Entries
Rather than the bibliography entry for a book being:
Beall, J. C., & Restall, G. (2006). Logical Pluralism. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
It should be:
Beall, J. C., and Restall, G. 2006. Logical Pluralism, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Bibliography Entries for Chapters in Edited Volumes
Rather than the bibliography entry for a chapter in an edited volume being:
Read, S. (2006). Monism: The One True Logic. In D. Devidi & T. Kenyon (Eds.), A Logical Approach to Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Graham Solomon (pp. 193--209). Dordrecht: Springer.
It should be:
Read, S. 2006. Monism: The One True Logic, in A Logical Approach to Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Graham Solomon, ed. David Devidi and Tim Kenyon, Dordrecht: Springer: 193–209.
Here's a MWE with details of what I have and what I need:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[margin=20mm]{geometry}
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents}{\jobname.bib}
@incollection{Read2006,
address = {Dordrecht},
author = {Read, Stephen},
booktitle = {A Logical Approach to Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Graham Solomon},
editor = {Devidi, David and Kenyon, Tim},
file = {:Users/James/Documents/St Andrews/Philosophy/MPhil/MPhil Thesis/Readings/Normativity/Monism The One True Logic Read.pdf:pdf},
pages = {193--209},
publisher = {Springer},
title = {{Monism: The One True Logic}},
url = {https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/{~}slr/MONISM.PDF},
year = {2006}
}
@article{Beall2000,
author = {Beall, J. C. and Restall, Greg},
doi = {10.1080/00048400012349751},
file = {:Users/James/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Beall, Restall - 2000 - Logical Pluralism.pdf:pdf},
journal = {Australasian Journal of Philosophy},
number = {4},
pages = {475--493},
title = {{Logical Pluralism}},
url = {https://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?journalCode=rajp20},
volume = {78},
year = {2000}
}
@book{Beall2005,
address = {Oxford},
author = {Beall, J. C. and Restall, Greg},
file = {:Users/James/Library/Application Support/Mendeley Desktop/Downloaded/Beall, Restall - 2005 - Logical Pluralism.pdf:pdf},
publisher = {Clarendon Press},
title = {{Logical Pluralism}},
year = {2006}
}
\end{filecontents}
\usepackage[style=apa, natbib=true, doi=false, url=false]{biblatex}
\addbibresource{\jobname.bib}
%\AtEveryBibitem{\clearfield{number}} %gets rid of issue numbers
\AtEveryBibitem{\clearfield{chapter}} %gets rid of chapters
\DeclareFieldFormat{apacase}{#1} %stops capitalisation
\DeclareFieldFormat[article]{volume}{\apanum{#1}} %deitalicises volume numbers
\setlength\bibitemsep{1.5\itemsep} %separates entries
\title{\vspace{-20mm}Test Document}
\date{\vspace{-20mm}}
\begin{document}
\maketitle
\noindent I need to cite \citet{Read2006}, \citet{Beall2000}, and \citet{Beall2005}. The references come out as below in the usual way. I need a number of different things:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Rather than the in-text citations coming out as \citet[194--5]{Read2006} or \citep[194--5]{Read2006}, they need to look like this: Read [2006: 194--5], [Read 2006: 194--5]. (Same applies for year only citations).
The key differences are: (i) square brackets instead of round ones; (ii) the lack of comma after the author's name; (iii) the p. or pp. prefix for page numbers being replaced with a colon.
\item The bibliography entries for articles should look like:
Beall, J. C., and Restall, G. 2000. Logical Pluralism, \textit{Australasian Journal of Philosophy} 78/4: 475--93.
The key differences are: (i) no brackets around the year; (ii) use `and' instead of \& between authors; (iii) comma after the article title instead of a full-stop; (iv) no comma after the journal name; (v) the issue is not in brackets, but instead follows the volume and a `/' (i.e. 78/4 vs 78(4)); and (vi) page numbers follow the volume and issue number and a colon, rather than a comma.
\item The bibliography entries for books should look like:
Beall, J. C., and Restall, G. 2006. \textit{Logical Pluralism}, Oxford: Clarendon Press.
The key differences are: (i) no brackets around the year; (ii) use `and' instead of \& between authors; (iii) comma after the book title instead of a full stop.
\item The bibliography entries for book chapters should look like:
Read, S. 2006. Monism: The One True Logic, in \textit{A Logical Approach to Philosophy: Essays in Honour of Graham Solomon}, ed. David Devidi and Tim Kenyon, Dordrecht: Springer: 193–209.
The key differences are: (i) no brackets around the year; (ii) use `and' instead of \& between authors and editors; (iii) comma after the chapter title instead of a full-stop; (iv) book title follows chapter title, instead of editors; (v) comma after the book title instead of a full-stop; (v) ed. instead of (Eds.); (vi) editors' full names instead of first name initials; (vii) City and publisher follow editors names (and a comma), instead of page numbers; (viii) page numbers follow the publisher and a colon, rather than a comma.
\end{enumerate}
\printbibliography
\end{document}
If someone is able to help me out with this -- even if only part of it -- it'd be immensely appreciated!
style=authoryear,) instead ofstyle=apa,. Is there anything specific about the APA style that you need to reproduce (e.g. its complex "et al." rules, the dots for 'missing' authors in the bibliography, ...)? – moewe Feb 19 '20 at 19:00